It’s an age-old crime: stealing.
But it’s not about picking a pocket or holding up a bank.
It's robbing people of their ideas, inventions, and creative
expressions—what’s called intellectual property—everything
from trade secrets and proprietary products and parts to
movies and music and software.
It’s a growing threat—especially with the rise of digital
technologies and Internet file sharing networks. And much
of the theft takes place overseas, where laws are often lax
and enforcement more difficult. All told, intellectual property
theft costs U.S. businesses billions of dollars a year and
robs the nation of jobs and lost tax revenues.
Preventing intellectual property theft is a top priority of the
FBI’s cyber program. We specifically focus on the theft
of trade secrets and infringements on products that can
impact consumers' health and safety, such as counterfeit
aircraft, car, and electronic parts. Key to our success is
linking the considerable resources and efforts of the private
sector with law enforcement partners on local, state, federal
, and international levels.
[I've been writing Centralist Business Initiatives for well
over 10years. Just about everything I have written has
been stolen. Including my dream log. So FBi protects
citizens intellectual property rights? Since when?
Since never. What has been done is I've been accused
of stealing my own work. As in whoever is stealing my
intellectual property must be a government official.
Who else be getting away with theft of this nature?
I am not this governments bitch, slave, or dog.
And I sure in the hell am not mans property.
Who I suspect been stealing CBI? Man.]
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