Back in June I had bookmarked something to get back to. On Tuesday, June 22, 2010 the Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator released an interesting document: the 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement.
It focuses on 6 key areas. Just to give an example, the first is leading by example. This means the government states plainly that it is making a conscious effort not to lift IP from others without paying for it.
Its not a huge document, 65 pages. (download at: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fomb%2Fassets%2Fintellectualproperty%2Fintellectualproperty_strategic_plan.pdf&ei=Gm10TPmLMcH78Ab3z7DyCA&usg=AFQjCNGjq0UJoGNKtE--89f4TECOXBFjQg&sig2=qvof6rzEPT5BKe0-bMX5Gg)
What I find most notable are two things: For a Knowledge-based society I guess having it in writing is (a) better late than never, and (b) a decent step however you view it.
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