Reuters: President George W. Bush has appointed Chris Israel to a new senior-level position to fight the global piracy and counterfeiting of American products.
"Our businesses thrive on innovation, on ideas, on creativity ... That's how our country has grown. And we cannot allow a world trading environment to be created where patents and trademarks and brands are not respected," said Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. Of course, the US didn't originally respect the intellectual property of other countries, and it's only now they've got a wealth of IP that they can't allow it.
The US should fight to reduce piracy around the world and help educate people of the importance of intellectual property, and the best way to do that is to help those countries develope their own intellectual property and increase their standard of living so they can afford original goods.
"Our businesses thrive on innovation, on ideas, on creativity ... That's how our country has grown. And we cannot allow a world trading environment to be created where patents and trademarks and brands are not respected," said Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. Of course, the US didn't originally respect the intellectual property of other countries, and it's only now they've got a wealth of IP that they can't allow it.
The US should fight to reduce piracy around the world and help educate people of the importance of intellectual property, and the best way to do that is to help those countries develope their own intellectual property and increase their standard of living so they can afford original goods.
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