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 (PDF) says.
The report, prepared by U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel, who President Obama appointed to the job in 2009, lists Protect IP and SOPA as “examples of recent attempts by Congress to address the issues of counterfeiting and piracy online.” It also endorses the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and lauds Internet providers, including Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, and Time Warner Cable, for agreeing last summer to become Internet copyright cops.
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