U.S. Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus (IAPC) have identified Russia, China, Canada, Spain, and Russia as the top five countries under its full-scale piracy watch list this year. These countries performed poorly in protecting copyrighted works such as movies, music, and video games that have cost the U.S. $25 billion worth of lost sales every year.
There is a prevailing online copyright theft that must be addressed by all governments through its laws and treaties. Internet pirates flock in Canada, for instance, as well as in Spain and they have pending legislation discouraging intellectual property theft.
“A high level of piracy, especially as seen in the countries on the watch list, is detrimental to any country’s economic growth. The increasing scourge of online copyright theft underscores the need for all governments to develop and vigorously enforce effective legislative solutions to address online piracy and to encourage greater inter-industry cooperation in the fight against it,” explained MPAA President and Interim CEO Bob Pisano.
U.S. legislators also identified the websites that distribute illegal copies of works of U.S. creators and called them “notorius offenders.” They are the Baidu (China), isoHunt (Canada), MP3fiesta (Ukraine), Pirate Bay (Sweden), Rapidshare (Germany) and RMX4U (Luxembourg).
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