Ad Networks Agree to White House-Endorsed Best Practices for Infringing Sites

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Major ad networks announced Monday a new set of best practices (http://bit.ly/145Pdsd) for websitesnthat are “principally dedicated to selling counterfeit goods or engaging in copyright piracy,” in anmove applauded by U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) Victoria Espinel. Signatoriesnto the set of guidelines include 24/7 Media, Adtegrity, AOL, Condé Nast, Google, Microsoft,nSpotXchange and Yahoo, which are participating “with the support of the Interactive Advertising Bureau”n(IAB), Espinel said in a blog post announcing the best practices (http://1.usa.gov/14TDtal). “ThenAdministration strongly supports voluntary efforts by the private sector to reduce infringement and wenwelcome the initiative brought forward by the companies to establish industry-wide standards to combatnonline piracy and counterfeiting by reducing financial incentives associated with infringement,” she said.