The Director's Guild of America Looks to the Federal Government for Help Regualting Intellectual Property Rights
The Director's Guild of America has teamed up with other entertainment associations and are looking to the federal government for continued support in controlling Internet piracy. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently launched "Operation in our Sites." in support of these efforts.
In fact, the operation found early action and has seized at least nine domain names of nine different websites that hosted pirated material. Assets were seized from various banks and other third party intermediaries such as PayPal in an effort to discourage contributing to online piracy.
Online advertising companies that facilitate or contribute to pirating companies will also be regulated closely and face heavy penalties if they are caught assisting. The operation's efforts will not be restricted to just domestic violators but international entities who infringe as well. For further information check out the article Fight Against Internet Theft Expands.
If you believe your intellectual property rights have been infringed upon, please contact Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A., a Jacksonville, Florida law firm.
