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White House calls for new law targeting 'offshore' Web sites
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 958523" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57407356-281/white-house-calls-for-new-law-targeting-offshore-web-sites/" target="_blank"><strong>White House calls for new law targeting 'offshore' Web sites - CNET</strong></a></p><p></p><p>After the <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57360223-261/google-will-protest-sopa-using-popular-home-page/" target="_blank">unprecedented outcry</a> against the <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/" target="_blank">Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act</a> -- designed to target offshore copyright-infringing Web sites -- supporters of the bills on Capitol Hill backed down and moved on to other topics.</p><p></p><p>But the White House today reignited the congressional debate by throwing its weight behind legislation targeting offshore Web sites. "We believe that new legislative and non-legislative tools are needed to address offshore infringement," today's report (<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/IPEC/ipec_annual_report_mar2012.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>) says</p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 958523, member: 1"] [URL="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57407356-281/white-house-calls-for-new-law-targeting-offshore-web-sites/"][B]White House calls for new law targeting 'offshore' Web sites - CNET[/B][/URL] After the [URL="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57360223-261/google-will-protest-sopa-using-popular-home-page/"]unprecedented outcry[/URL] against the [URL="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/"]Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act[/URL] -- designed to target offshore copyright-infringing Web sites -- supporters of the bills on Capitol Hill backed down and moved on to other topics. But the White House today reignited the congressional debate by throwing its weight behind legislation targeting offshore Web sites. "We believe that new legislative and non-legislative tools are needed to address offshore infringement," today's report ([URL="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/IPEC/ipec_annual_report_mar2012.pdf"]PDF[/URL]) says . [/QUOTE]
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