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Aneesh Chopra on his job, the DMCA, patent reform, and more

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Our first episode of CNET Conversations is live! CBSNews.com/CNET political correspondent Declan McCullagh and I interviewed Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra about everything from why he doesn't have a tricked-out CTO Web site to his thoughts on a fair use exemption to the DMCA and copyright reform. It's a wide-ranging interview that, we hope, covers the questions you wanted asked and then some.

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Aneesh Chopra on his job, the DMCA, patent reform, and more
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by floydreifer September 21, 2009 11:01 PM PDT
Great...i am glad that Obama choice An Indian as Chief Technical Officer.but i little surprising since many suspected that Obama would choose someone out of Silicon Valley.anyway best of luck Aneesh Chopra for his new job.

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1992738
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by wasserstoff1991 September 21, 2009 11:21 PM PDT
Very Cool show. Maybe next time you guys can try Steve Jobs, Bill Gates or even President Obama!
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by Nicholas Buenk September 22, 2009 5:01 AM PDT
Ohh I see, apparently this guys job is to be PR guy and technology advisor for the whitehouse.
How about an interview with someone more involved in actual policy, maybe someone from the FCC?
Never the less, this interview was as good as it could be, I suppose.
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by moelar September 22, 2009 8:29 AM PDT
They can spend all the money they want, but unless they protect the rights of inventors there will be precious little innovation.

Patent reform is a fraud on America...
Please see http://truereform.piausa.org/ for a different/opposing view on patent reform.
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by unknown unknown September 22, 2009 12:35 PM PDT
Kappos has advocated approving more patents, faster. He also said, "On the subject of quality, there has been speculation in the IP community that examiners are being encouraged to reject applications because a lower allowance rate equals higher quality. Let's be clear: patent quality does not equal rejection. " which would seem to ignore the reality of the last 20 years. Bad patents hurt and trolls who file them or buy them hurt innovation.
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by unknown unknown September 22, 2009 12:37 PM PDT
Kappos has advocated approving more patents, faster. He also said, "On the subject of quality, there has been speculation in the IP community that examiners are being encouraged to reject applications because a lower allowance rate equals higher quality. Let's be clear: patent quality does not equal rejection. " which would seem to ignore the reality of the last 20 years. Bad patents hurt and the trolls who file them or buy them hurt innovation.
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by dowgav September 24, 2009 2:37 PM PDT
Aneesh Chopra sounds more line\\ a politicain than a cto
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