October 23, 2007
EC forms new anti-piracy coalition
The European Commission on Tuesday unveiled a global initiative to fight counterfeiting with an anti-piracy pact with the U.S., Japan and South Korea. The Hollywood Reporter reports from Brussels.
"... Dubbed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, it also aims to keep pace with the changing nature of intellectual property theft as digital storage allows films and music to be copied at ever-faster rates.
Officials said the pact will look at the increasing role of the Internet in spreading pirate digital content as governments have struggled to tackle Web sites and peer-to-peer services offering free copyrighted material."
Whistling in the dark: Why not simply emulate the way US networks are fighting TV piracy? And offer non-US online viewers pay-per-view or ad supported content.
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