Thank you for contacting me to express your concern about the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (S. 968, PROTECT IP). It is good to hear from you.
As you may know, the PROTECT IP Act was introduced in the Senate on May 12, 2011, and referred to the Judiciary Committee. I understand that the legislation authorizes the Attorney General or intellectual property right owners harmed by an Internet site dedicated to infringing activities (ISDIA) to bring a suit against offending sites that are associated with nondomestic domain names, which are domain names that are not in the domestic COM domain. The PROTECT IP Act would also allow the court to issue temporary restraining orders or injunctions against nondomestic ISDIAs under certain circumstances.
I understand that you are concerned by the PROTECT IP Act and the impact it may have on the online community. While I am not a member of the Judiciary Committee, I will be mindful of your views should the legislation come before the full Senate for a vote.
Thank you for taking the time to contact my office. For more information, I encourage you to visit my website at www.portman.senate.gov. Please keep in touch.
Sincerely,
Rob Portman
U.S. Senator
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