jsl let's us know that another article on piracy can be found over at Newsbytes.com. It seems the RIAA is now also concentrating on piracy in other countries:
According to the RIAA, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick today released a report known as "Special 301," which identified countries that fail to "provide adequate and effective protection to U.S. intellectual property."
Special 301 is a provision of U.S. trade law that gives the authority to impose trade sanctions or remove trade preferences if countries do not "cure" such "deficiencies."
Neil Turkewitz, executive vice president of international operations for the RIAA, said the report identified several countries where pirate CD factories continue to flourish, including the Ukraine, the Peoples' Republic of China, Paraguay and Brazil,
In addition, the RIAA said numerous countries were placed on a "Priority Watch List" for allegedly failing to enforce trade laws and allowing the existence of pirate CD plants. This group included Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Lebanon, the Philippines, Russia, Taiwan and Uruguay.
Finally, the report said "out of cycle" reviews will be conducted for pirate CD production in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Other such reviews will address alleged known pirate marketplaces in Poland and Mexico that the RIAA said have not been shut down by the governments of those countries.
Maybe the RIAA should change their name into RIAW, Recording Industry Association of the World...
Source: Newsbytes
