Issa Introduces OPEN Act (responding to SOPA, also intro'd in Senate by Wyden)

Rep. Darrell Issa Wednesday officially introduced H.R. 3782, the OPEN (Online Protection & Enforcement of Digital Trade) Act, which is being shopped by critics of the Stop Online Protection Act (SOPA) as a more 'net-friendly alternative to combat online piracy.

The bill gives the International Trade Commission the charge of investigating the importation of digital content by foreign rogue Websites, just as it does for the importation of illegally imported hard goods. It also targets the funding of proved infringers.

Issa said the bill "delivers stronger intellectual property rights for American artists and innovators while protecting the open, accessible Internet Americans deserve."

The bill has also been introduced in the Senate by Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

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