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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:03 PM

Vice President Joe Biden promised movie and television executives Tuesday night that the administration will "find the right person for intellectual property czar," a still vacant White House position created by Congress last year, TechDailyDose's Andrew Noyes reports.

During a dinner that capped off the Motion Picture Association of America's Business of Show Business symposium, he told the crowd that President Obama's team understands the film industry needs more resources dedicated to FBI enforcement of anti-piracy laws and more resources for prosecution, according to a pool report. He also blasted the Chinese government's IP regime that he argued "remains largely ineffective." China routinely tops the U.S. Trade Representative's annual "Special 301" report showing countries that are doing little to deal with IP theft. The latest rankings are due out later this month.

For more on Noyes' coverage of the MPAA conference, go to TechDailyDose.

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