Put that doctrine in the hands of the Chinese or others overseas and you say to them, okay, as long as something was once paid for in America, this book, this movie, this recording, this CD, then I can sell it without paying the owner, and you have destroyed our capacity to defend American intellectual property overseas.
Discussing the implications of intellectual property rights in international trade.
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