US Government Creates Anti-Piracy Post

President Bush taps Carlos Gutierrez's deputy chief of staff Chris Israel for the high-level post. CNN/Money mentions the humorous anecdote where Commerce Secretary Gutierrez was offered a $1 pirated copy of Star Wars Episode 3 during his visit to China in early July. The Secretary contends intellectual property piracy costs businesses $250 billion USD in lost sales, according to his comments to Reuters. Whether that's a single year or multi year figure isn't known. So, Mr. Israel goes to Washington, gets a nice fat salary and the sort of pension benefits that HP employees who didn't hit the here