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Little bit of history, going back to 2008:

President Bush signed into law legislation creating a copyright czar, a cabinet-level position on par with the nation’s drug czar http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/10/bush-signs-law/

MPAA Urges Obama to Embrace Internet Filtering http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/12/mpaa-urging-oba/

Obama Administration Announces Massive Piracy Crackdown http://www.dailytech.com/Obama+Administration+Announces+Mass...

Obama-administration: piracy is flat unadulterated theft http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/08/obama-admini...

U.S. to target foreign websites in anti-piracy push http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65L3YN20100622

Off topic linguistic nitpick, but does it ever irk anyone else that America refers to these people as 'Czar'? I assume the term is meant to imply absolute power to cut through red tape, prosecute a particular policy objective (drug war, etc.), and just get shit done which all Americans appreciate, but still, couldn't the 'land of the free' come up with a better term for our public servants than that used for deposed Russian authoritarian despots?

That really bothers me too. At best it's ignorant, at worst it's a grave portent.

You have to understand, this is a national security interest because the US isn't making much money these days, from anything other than exporting its intellectual property.

What else does America export besides weapons of mass destruction, pharmaceuticals, and Hollywood? Not much, kids.

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