Speaking in Nashville, Tennessee yesterday at a symposium on intellectual property enforcement, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke publicly staked out the Obama administration's position on piracy and copyright infringement. It involves a quote from Vice-President Joe Biden.

According to Locke, copyright infringement is simply theft and should be deal with accordingly. He also has a lot of sympathy for songwriters - who are being ripped off when it comes to royalties. First his comments on copyright infringement:

[INDENT]"I think it's important to lay down a marker about how the Obama administration views this issue," he said of online copyright infringement. "As Vice President Biden has said on more than one occasion, 'Piracy is flat, unadulterated theft,' and it should be dealt with accordingly." [/INDENT]Strong medicine. Now his comments on the fate of songwriters: [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/08/31/us-commerce-secretary-039piracy-unadulterated-theft039][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

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