Politifact: Another Obama campaign promise KEPT

[Tx4obama]

Promise: Protect American intellectual property abroad

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Anti-counterfeiting trade agreement gets it done

Updated: Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Intellectual property right infringement has emerged as a prominent issue in the ever-expanding realm of international trade. American companies lose millions worldwide each year due to copyright infringement and piracy, particularly in emerging markets. The Business Software Alliance, a trade group representing American software creators, placed the value of pirated software worldwide in 2010 at $59 billion. It is in response to this issue that President Barack Obama promised to shore up copyright enforcement during the 2008 election.

In an effort to combat this problem, on October 1, 2011, the United States and seven other nations signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The other seven are Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, South Korea, and Singapore. The European Union, Mexico, and Switzerland are also expected to sign the agreement.

SNIP

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/396/protect-american-intellectual-property-abroad/


Edited to add:
Regarding the Obama 2008 campaign, the promises that Politifact.com is tracking the tally is now up to: 149 Kept

[slay]

1. Sounds more like protecting US corporate interests than anything else

not surprising - corporate interests are Obama's true base.

[Bodhi BloodWave]

2. so intellectual property shouldn't be protected? n/t

[slay]

3. What like my thoughts?

my thoughts are my intellectual property - maybe i should copyright this post. the whole "intellectual property" thing is a VERY iffy line. protected from bootleg sales of dvds - sure. protected from sharing movies with friends where no profit is made - no. i do however find the whole thing to be pushed by big corporations - so of course it gets passed - we have two VERY pro-corporate parties in this country - and no party of the people anymore. i really hope the Dems find their way back to their traditional values - so some non-corporate issues can be acted on at some point.

[AngkorWot]

6. Your thoughts. Intellectual.

Pick one.

[Owlet]

4. The biggest counterfeiter, China

is conspicuously absent from that list. I'd put this agreement in the "promise not kept" column.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. K & R

:kick: