Congressional Caucus Names 5 Countries to its Anti-Piracy Watch List
On May 26, 2011, the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, which represents over 65 members, issued its “2011 International Piracy Watch List” in an effort to combat international copyright piracy. Among other things, the Caucus announced that it would closely monitor the serious problems of copyright piracy in Canada, China, Russia, Spain, and Ukraine.
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According to the Caucus, these countries made the Watch List because of the scope and depth of their piracy problems, which cost U.S. copyright industries and millions of Americans who work in these companies billions of dollars, and because piracy in these countries is largely the result of a lack of political will to confront the problem.
Caucus press release available by emailing documents@brokerpower.com.