"Transatlantic Roundtable on Privacy and Intellectual Property": Copyright and IP Discussion

The Internet policy roundtable with Members of the European Parliament's European Internet Foundation (EIF), the EU counterpart to the Congressional Internet Caucus. This event was facilitated by the Honorable Rick Boucher, former Congressman and founding Co-Chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus along with Erica Mann, former MEP and founding chairman of EIF. Joining five members of the European Parliament was Marc Berejka, Senior Policy Advisor to Secretary Gary Locke at the U.S. Department of Commerce. The EU delegation included:
- James Elles (MEP),
- Pilar del Castillo (MEP),
- Ivailo Kalfin (MEP),
- Catherine Trautmann (MEP), and
- Marietje Schaake (MEP)

Topics Included:
Protect IP Act: Can the Senate empower the USG to thwart overseas piracy? What are the diplomatic considerations?
ICE Domain Seizures: Duty and legality of government website takedown action.
Copyright and the Cloud: The implications for Copyright and IPR as a result of the paradigm shift that is the cloud and cloud audio players and streamers.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Protect IP Act
• overseas piracy
• diplomatic considerations
• ICE Domain Seizures
• Copyright and the Cloud
• Copyright and IPR
• cloud audio players
• streamers