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U.S. Government Official Educates Minnesota Students About Intellectual Property Theft
United States Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Jon Dudas today told students at Westwood Elementary School how they can help combat piracy, counterfeiting and copyright violations. Dudas delivered his remarks to more than 275 second to fifth grade students at Westwood Elementary in Bloomington, MN.
"Copying and downloading video games and movies is not okay—it's breaking the law because it is stealing someone else's property," Dudas told the students. "It's important to respect other people's property—just like you would want people not to steal something that you invent or create. None of us would steal DVDs or games from our friend's house or a store — and no one should do it just because the DVDs or games happen to be on the Internet."
Dudas' visit to Westwood Elementary came as part of a two-day "Conference on Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace" sponsored by the USPTO on September 11 and 12, 20006, in Minneapolis, MN. This seminar is the latest in a series that the USPTO is hosting across the county to help educate American small businesses about the realities of piracy and counterfeiting.
Read more at uspto.gov/web/offices/com/speeches/06-62.htm
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