AG Mukasey Says IP Theft Threatens Public Safety, Fosters Terrorism
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - Michael Mukasey Attorney General has spoken harshly in the field of Intellectual Property Crime, say Silicon Valley leaders here Friday that the theft of their inventions is a threat to the nation “health and safety” and promotes the terrorism. “Every new technology that allows us to create abused - whether a common identity thief looking for a new way to steal your bank account information or an international terrorist group with a view an exciting action, “the United States’ top law enforcement official He said when TheTech Museum of Innovation. The nation’s 81st Attorney General - during a 20-minute speech, in which he has no questions - and added that “the continuation of the rise of global counterfeiting and piracy is a threat to our economy and public safety. “He said the” mission of the Department of Justice is clear: if it is a complex of the international drug ring, corruption of officials abusing his duties, or some Scam artists selling pirated software, it is our duty to enforce the law and the courts Putting those crimes. ” He said, “The counterfeiting of goods such as drugs and medical devices, vehicles and aircraft parts, electronics, or go to our nation’s critical infrastructures, and can be a real immediate danger to the public. ” Before his brief interview, he met with officials of the technology from Apple, Adobe and other groups. The day before, “he says with Hollywood executives at Warner Bros. in Los Angeles. Neil MacBride, vice president of the Business Software Alliance, said the cooperation between industry and the DOJ has led to the recent arrest and conviction of two brothers of Virginia, in the United States the sale of millions of dollars in the software via the Internet. “Criminals are technologically ambitious and courageous engaged in illegal activities, it is even more critical for public and private cooperation,” said McBride. The Department of Justice, the Attorney General has said, as many of the federal state, 230 prosecutors across the country as part of their computer and piracy of intellectual property, or CHIP, Network. The Department of Justice has steadily increased the number of IP, filing past 217 years, an increase of 33 per cent in two years, he said. “We are devoting more resources and more staff to manage IP crime, and we send the message important that we have these crimes seriously and punish us for the action and pirates, whenever we can,” he said. Mukasey said American Anti-counterfeiting, authorities in coordination with the European Union, Asia, Canada and a number of other countries, which it considers as an “oasis of hackers,” such as China and Romania. “Agents of the FBI in collaboration with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in an effort to combat the proliferation of computers Cisco Networking Equipment manufactured in China,” he said. “So far we have more than 400 seizures of fake labels of equipment and retailing with an estimated value of more than $ 76 million - and the investigation is not yet complete.” He said the DOJ, training and technical assistance to thousands of foreign nationals, prosecutors, magistrates and investigators in over one hundred countries, and urges the adoption of legislation Congress’ tent to criminalize violations of property rights and paste you important investigative tools such as the granting of the authorization to issue court orders in criminal matters, listening to the counterfeiting and piracy investigations. |