California Rep. Zoe Lofgren Introduces Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act To Block Sites Infringing On U.S. Copyrights
deadline.comU.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Dem-CA) has introduced H.R. 791, the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (or FADPA), to prevent foreign-run piracy sites from exploiting loopholes in U.S.
law. The Act sets site-blocking laws that require U.S. internet providers to make “a good faith effort” to disable access to pirate websites.
Lofgren is Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee and a senior member of the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet.
After working for over a year with the tech, film, and television industries, she said, “we’ve arrived at a proposal that has a remedy for copyright infringers located overseas that does not disrupt the free internet except for the infringers.” Foreign digital piracy, she adds, presents a “massive and growing threat,” costing American jobs, harming the creative community, and exposing consumers to dangerous security risks.
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