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U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Protect Sound Recordings and Motion Pictures from Import Pirates
(Tuesday, October 05, 2004)
contacts for this news releaseWashington, D.C. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today published in the Federal Register proposed regulations that will allow CBP to protect sound recordings and motion pictures from piracy while copyright registration is pending. The proposed regulations are part of the Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP), the Administration's comprehensive initiative to combat trade in pirated and counterfeit goods that was announced on October 4, 2004."Advances in technology have made the pirating of intellectual property rights (IPR) easy, costing our economy millions of dollars in lost revenue," said Commissioner Robert C. Bonner. "During the first half of fiscal year 2004, IPR seizures at our nations borders totaled $64 million. The proposed regulations will allow Customs and Border Protection to be more responsive to claims of piracy."Currently, CBP regulations require that all claims to copyright, both foreign and domestic, be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in order to be eligible for border protection. However, significant imports of piratical copies of sound recordings, motion pictures, or similar audio-visual works can occur before the copyright owner is able to secure registration. For these types of works, piracy is likely to occur prior to and immediately following the release of the work. The proposed regulations will allow owners of sound recordings, motion pictures, or similar audio-visual works to record their intellectual property with CBP while their copyright registration is pending. This early recording will provide CBP with the information it needs to prevent importation of pirated copies into the United States.For more information on the proposed regulations, please visit the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Web site
( Federal Register Notices 2007 - GPO Access )
* * * * * U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control, and protection of our Nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws. | Contacts For This News Release
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1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
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Washington, DC 20229
| Phone: | (202) 344-1780 or (800) 826-1471 | Fax: | (202) 344-1393 |
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