The WTO has given Antigua and Barbuda permission to ignore US copyrights in films, television, and music because of the US' refusal to allow Antiguan internet gambling websites to accept US clients.
Details here.
It's about time - when a country signs a treaty, that country should abide by it. The US didn't. This was the only sanction that Antigua could get against them.
So, how long before Antiguan copies of Hollywood blockbusters start showing up on eBay?
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Details here.
It's about time - when a country signs a treaty, that country should abide by it. The US didn't. This was the only sanction that Antigua could get against them.
So, how long before Antiguan copies of Hollywood blockbusters start showing up on eBay?
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012