The Monster Lives:

US Bill to Create "IP Attaches" Worldwide

Devin Coldewey
13 July 2012

'IP Attaché' bill would post copyright officers across the globe.

The Internet regulation bill known as SOPA was decisively defeated in Congress earlier this year after an enormous outcry by activists, but fragments of it are turning up in other bills.

One such bill — by Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas — appeared this week that would place "intellectual property attachés" all over the world.

There's more at the link, but it's hard to tell how important this sort of "creeping crepitude" may be.

John