IIPA Wants Italy on Piracy Watchlist for Having Privacy Laws Drew Wilson | February 25, 2013 By Drew Wilson We’ve been covering the different countries the IIPA (International Intellectual Property Alliance) wants on their piracy watchlist. So far, the submissions were either demanding everything and the kitchen sink, had a host of problems in their logic or both. The submission about Italy is no exception to this. We explore why. The …
IIPA Wants Mexico on Watchlist Even After it Signed ACTA Drew Wilson | February 23, 2013 By Drew Wilson We’ve been covering the various countries that the IIPA (International Intellectual Property Association) wants to see on the Special 301 report. A surprising request is that Mexico be included on that list. It’s not what was included in the submission that is the most surprising, but what isn’t. Last year, to the …
IIPA Wants Egypt on Piracy Watchlist for Not Being Stable Enough Drew Wilson | February 17, 2013 By Drew Wilson There are a number of countries the International Intellectual Property Alliance wants on the US Special 301 priority watchlist. The watchlist is put together by American corporations and published on a government website after. We’ve been covering the reasons why other countries are being requested to put on the watchlist and, today, …
IIPA Wants Spain on Piracy Watchlist for Not Rubberstamping Takedown Requests Drew Wilson | February 16, 2013 By Drew Wilson In 2011, Spain passed a controversial anti-piracy law dubbed the “Sinde Law”. The law set up an administrative body that is responsible for taking complaints about websites and decide whether or not to shut them down. After massive protests against the law, it passed thanks partly due to US pressure. Fastforward to …
IIPA Demands Canada Be Put on 301 Priority Watch List Drew Wilson | February 22, 2010 The IIPA (International Intellectual Property Alliance) is demanding that Canada be put on the Special 301 priority watchlist. Of course, as with how Canada ended up on the priority watchlist last year, the reasons given fall short of being credible enough to warrant being compared to places like China.
IIPA Blames Canada for Movie Piracy (Again) Drew Wilson | February 18, 2009 Many observers who take particular interest in Canadian issues surrounding copyright might find this to be a broken record, but a copyright lobby group is, once again, demanding that Canada be placed on a priority watch list in a special 301 report (or, as some might consider, a priority “wish list”)
Bill Patry – Israel Fighting IIPA Over WIPO Drew Wilson | March 23, 2008 Bill Patry from Google has an interesting post regarding the tension between the country and the International Intellectual Property Association over not implementing the WIPO treaties.
