NCPC: Premonition

The National Crime Prevention Council has launched a robust anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy public service campaign. In this video, a young woman looks down at a stack of DVDs held in her hands. Beside her stands the vendor. As the vendor touches the money, we close in on the young woman’s eyes. Glimpses of the consequences flash before her. The PSA was conceived and filmed in partnership with MTV Networks and the CauseWay Agency.

(credit: National Crime Prevention Council)

Tags: Anti-Piracy

NCPC: It Hurts

The National Crime Prevention Council has launched a robust anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy public service campaign. In this video, Addie Brownlee (www.addiebrownlee.com), a young musician, plays her guitar to the commuting crowd in a subway station. At her feet is a guitar case open for donations, some loose bills are scattered inside. As she sings commuters gather around but one by one they remove money from her guitar case.

(credit: National Crime Prevention Council)

Tags: Anti-Piracy

Chamber Applauds White House Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Campaign

Statement from Mark Elliot, Executive Vice President, U.S. Chamber’s Global IP Center

“Today’s introduction of the new anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy public education program demonstrates the White House’s recognition of the enormity of this issue of intellectual property theft, especially perpetuated online by rogue websites. We commend the National Crime Prevention Council, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, and U.S. Department of Justice for standing up for the 19 million Americans employed by IP-intensive industries and the countless consumers threatened by dangerous or malicious goods proffered by foreign rogue sites.

Tags: anti-counterfeiting, Anti-Piracy, NCPC, White House

Antipiracy groups claim rogue Web sites can kill

CNET

Supporters of a bill designed to block access to Web sites trafficking in counterfeit or pirated merchandise are pulling out the stops in their public relations campaign.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce began circulating a testimonial from a woman who says her friend died as a result of taking prescription medicine she bought over the Internet..

Tags: Anti-Piracy, Rogue sites

Chamber coalition pushes PROTECT IP Act

POLITICO Pro

A coalition of industry and unions organized by the Chamber of Commerce is pressing the gas pedal on its campaign to push lawmakers to pass legislation that clamps down on online copyright infringement.

A coalition of representatives from a range of businesses — from major corporations such as NBCUniversal, Nintendo of America, Eli Lilly and McGraw-Hill to smaller businesses like Zumba Fitness and Rosetta Stone — and labor unions will canvass the Hill on Wednesday with the goal to meet with every Senate office and shore up support for bringing Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) PROTECT IP Act to the floor for a vote…

Tags: Anti-Piracy, Rogue sites

Global Intellectual Property Center

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NCPC: Premonition