|
|
Article: United States to keep Taiwan on watch list for intellectual property rights violations
- Article from:
- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- April 12, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightProvided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
00-00-0000
Dateline: TAIPEI, Taiwan
The United States will not lower its scrutiny this year of copyright
infringement in Taiwan, because the island's authorities have not
done enough to crack down on the rampant sale of pirated movies, music
and software, a U.S. official said Friday.
The United States last year added Taiwan to its priority watch list
for intellectual property rights violations. Governments on the list
face U.S. trade sanctions if pirating problems in their countries
are not addressed.
Taiwan will be kept on the list this year, partly because Taiwanese
law does not allow for efficient prosecution of copyright offenders,
U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce Grant ...