p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Where would Hollywood (or the Big 4 music labels, for that matter) be without the likes of Hollywood Howard Berman?

Earlier this year, “we wrote about how the US’s international copyright cops were complaining how people in other countries didn’t like them very much,” says Mike Masnick on TechDirt, continuing »»»

Specifically, they seemed shocked that other countries didn’t necessarily agree with the US’s view of copyright.

Also, in that post, we had a quote from the US Chamber of Commerce, who was quite worried about “anti-IP activists” who were a “threat” rather than folks providing evidence of how excessive IP can do a lot more harm than good for industry. It’s amazing that people providing evidence and data of how to build better businesses by adopting alternative models and trying to limit the damage done by excessive IP are considered a “threat.”

Either way, it should come as little surprise that the Chamber of Commerce is now applauding the fact that Rep. Howard Berman (the Rep from Hollywood, who’s never seen a copyright law he couldn’t make more draconian) is trying to increase the number of US IP cops trolling the world trying to bully and cajole other countries into implementing more draconian copyright rules, no matter how much it goes against their own self interest.

“The details are hidden in The Foreign Relations Authorization Act because who could be against that, especially since it also authorizes funds for the Peace Corp?” – Mike wonders.

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TechDirt – Howard Berman Looks To Send More Hated US IP Cops Around The Globe, May 22, 2009