Internet, IP legislation gets promoted to House big leagues

Shogun · 18th November 2008, 05:13

When the new Congress reconvenes in January, every geek's favorite subcommittee—the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property—will be in the market for a new name. Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers (D-MI) plans to strip the SCIIP of its authority over IP issues, which will henceforth be handled at the full committee level, and instead give it jurisdiction over antitrust questions.
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Included in the ambit of that IP jurisdiction is legislation, set to expire next year, that allows satellite TV providers to retransmit broadcast signals to rural customers.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...g-leagues.html

18th November 2008, 05:13	#1
Shogun [M] Reviewer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calif. Bay Area, USA Posts: 1,748	Internet, IP legislation gets promoted to House big leagues When the new Congress reconvenes in January, every geek's favorite subcommittee—the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property—will be in the market for a new name. Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers (D-MI) plans to strip the SCIIP of its authority over IP issues, which will henceforth be handled at the full committee level, and instead give it jurisdiction over antitrust questions. Related Stories Included in the ambit of that IP jurisdiction is legislation, set to expire next year, that allows satellite TV providers to retransmit broadcast signals to rural customers. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...g-leagues.html

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