US adds 12 nations, including Canada, to piracy watchlist

[Greenmatiz2]

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9582.cfm

On Monday, the Bush administration added China, Russia and 10 other nations to its so-called priority piracy watchlist for failing to "sufficiently protect American producers of music, movies and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy."

The 12 nations, as well as 31 other countries who were placed on a lower priority list, will be subject to extra scrutiny and eventually, if the administration sees it fit, they can bring trade cases before the WTO...

...The annual report, known as a "Special 301 Report," placed China, Russia, Argentina, Chile, Egypt, India,
Israel, Lebanon, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela on the high priority list and the U.S hopes that Russia will fufill commitments in upgrading copyright protection. A U.S.-Russia accord last year involving copyright policy was seen by the Bush administration as a key milestone in Russia's efforts to join the WTO....

... The other countries, placed on lower priority, were: Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, South Korea, Kuwait, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

[LeoneFan]

I say good luck, cause they're gonna need it.

[Merlins]

Ah, they missed Sweden... Maybe they think they got rid of The PirateBay web site... (but there are better ones in Sweden)

I might need to add that I buy as many DVD:s and Blu-rays as I can afford. Currently I own 300+ DVD:s but have stopped buying those now and 20 or so Blu-ray discs.

[thunderhawk]

Indeed. Good luck...

Piracy will always exist. They just want to try to get the mainstream public off the piracy bandwagon... Then they'll stop hunting and activity will drop to levels not worth suing.

[airvick]

I think they should stop by the college campuses in the US and see how much piracy is going on there, and try and controll it here before they put their focus on other countries..

[RichiPuppy]

Yeah, I was gonna say they forgot to put the USA on there.

[Greenmatiz2]

I think what they're most concerned about is the rapid mass production of product which is allowed to be sold in the markets and the streets.

I see that every day in Korea. The government doesn't lift a finger to stop it, but boy, oh boy, they will sure go out of their way to find a tiny bone fragment in USA beef, and ban all imports of it.

[buckshot]

america is not the problem. nevermind the fact that everyone at my work has a bootleg of 300 and ghodt rider. its those damned canadians, they're a bad influence eh. that's what all this is aboot. those evil canadians.

[blublublu]

Originally Posted by buckshot

america is not the problem. nevermind the fact that everyone at my work has a bootleg of 300 and ghodt rider. its those damned canadians, they're a bad influence eh. that's what all this is aboot. those evil canadians.

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