The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), US copyright-based industries private sector coalition, has submitted recommendations to the US Trade Representative (USTR) in its annual ‘Special 301’ review. IIPA recommends that 10 countries be placed on the Priority Watch List in 2012: Argentina, Canada, Chile, China (306), Costa Rica, India, Indonesia (GSP), Russia, Thailand, and Ukraine (OCR) (GSP). The report calls for urgent government action to address these concerns that undermine US job and export growth.
The IIPA report documents rampant online and physical piracy of copyrighted works and severe market access barriers, surveys problems and developments in 41 countries/territories, and recommends that 32 of them be placed on the USTR list of countries/territories that deny adequate and effective IPR protection or that deny fair and equitable market access. IIPA also advocates concrete solutions to address ‘Copyright Industries’ Initiatives and Challenges for 2012’.
The report highlights the severe harm caused by piracy in the online and physical environments and market access barriers in many of the United States’ key trading partners. While India merits continued placement on the Priority Watch List, Indian market remains stifled, and the potential of its creative industries suppressed, by problems such as physical, online, and mobile piracy (through both mobile uploading/downloading, and mobile applications being used to infringe); circumvention of technological protection measures, e.g., through the use of mod chips and game copiers; illegal camcording of movies from cinema screens; print and photocopy piracy; Pay TV theft; and unlicensed use of business software are just few of IIPA’s charges.
It says that China should continue to be on the Priority Watch List and monitored under Section 306 of the Trade Act, despite positive developments in 2011, high copyright piracy levels persist in China, from widespread online piracy of music, films, television programming, and books and journals, to pervasive use of unlicensed software by businesses, pre-installation of unlicensed software and other copyright materials at the distribution level, and physical piracy including the online sale of hard goods pirated materials .
Increasing exports by reducing trade barriers like piracy and market access barriers is essential to any country’s economic well-being and long term growth . And only stringent measures against these countries with protection laws will control and tackle the volatility in the virtual world.
The IIPA report documents rampant online and physical piracy of copyrighted works and severe market access barriers, surveys problems and developments in 41 countries/territories, and recommends that 32 of them be placed on the USTR list of countries/territories that deny adequate and effective IPR protection or that deny fair and equitable market access. IIPA also advocates concrete solutions to address ‘Copyright Industries’ Initiatives and Challenges for 2012’.
The report highlights the severe harm caused by piracy in the online and physical environments and market access barriers in many of the United States’ key trading partners. While India merits continued placement on the Priority Watch List, Indian market remains stifled, and the potential of its creative industries suppressed, by problems such as physical, online, and mobile piracy (through both mobile uploading/downloading, and mobile applications being used to infringe); circumvention of technological protection measures, e.g., through the use of mod chips and game copiers; illegal camcording of movies from cinema screens; print and photocopy piracy; Pay TV theft; and unlicensed use of business software are just few of IIPA’s charges.
It says that China should continue to be on the Priority Watch List and monitored under Section 306 of the Trade Act, despite positive developments in 2011, high copyright piracy levels persist in China, from widespread online piracy of music, films, television programming, and books and journals, to pervasive use of unlicensed software by businesses, pre-installation of unlicensed software and other copyright materials at the distribution level, and physical piracy including the online sale of hard goods pirated materials .
Increasing exports by reducing trade barriers like piracy and market access barriers is essential to any country’s economic well-being and long term growth . And only stringent measures against these countries with protection laws will control and tackle the volatility in the virtual world.
Author: Valli Shobhana. C
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