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Article: Motion picture piracy: controlling the seemingly endless supply of counterfeit optical discs in Taiwan.
- Article from:
- Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
- Author:
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ABSTRACT
Annually, Hollywood loses roughly $3.5 billion dollars in revenue to optical disc piracy in Taiwan. Optical disc piracy involves the camcording or copying of motion pictures onto laser discs, digital versatile discs, or video compact discs. Through the U.S. Trade Representative's satellite enforcement offices in Taiwan and coordination with the Taiwanese legislature and enforcement agencies, the U.S. motion picture companies have been able to influence some change in the frequency and severity of optical disc piracy in Taiwan. This can be mainly attributed to the Motion Picture Association of America's alliance with the U.S. Trade Representative in ...