Tuesday, May 1, 2007

US singles out China and Russia on piracy watch list

The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has compiled a list of 12 countries who lack proper protections of American Intellectual Property, or lack intellectual property protection alltogether. At the top of this list were both Russia and China. Both countries are not able to crack down on piracy, in China experts believe that it is due to lack of enforcement at local levels. Other countries on the Priority Watch List this year include Argentina, Chile, Egypt, India, Israel, Lebanon, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and Venezuela.

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