Entries from December 2007

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Antigua Wins Right to Officially Pirate U.S. Products

The WTO finally awarded damages against the U.S. based on the failure to comply with previous rulings against it. The decision gives Antigua the right to ignore U.S. intellectual property rights – opening the possibility for Antiguan citizens to freely engage in the duplication of software, music and movies made in the USA. [...]

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

WTO Internet Gambling Ruling Delayed

Just saw this update via News.com. I wonder if this is due to some behind the scenes efforts by the U.S. Government to avoid an international public relations disaster. It will be interesting to see what happens next week…
A World Trade Organization decision on the amount of retaliation that Antigua and Barbuda can [...]