RIAA Sets Their Sights on Russia

Conor Turton writes to tell us that the RIAA has set their sights on Russia for their newest push into anti-piracy. A recent bill was sponsored in the Senate to deny Russia's entrance into the WTO (among other things) if they did not take major action against piracy. From the press release: "The effective protection of American intellectual property has been sorely lacking in Russia. This resolution is significant because it expresses the will of the U.S. Congress that Russia must take effective action against those who would steal America's knowledge-intensive intellectual property-based goods and services. We must not enter into political arrangements with countries ill-prepared to adequately protect our greatest economic assets."

Comments

Re:Has everything to do with it!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

That's probably because you're a complete cunt.

Re:So this is it?

[civilizedINTENSITY]

your link goes to "U.S. TRADE IN SERVICES BY MAJOR CATEGORY", where it seems that our total services balance is 48.5 (Billions of Dollars), with 28.5 being the balance from Royalties and License Fees. that makes it 58.763% of our total U.S. TRADE IN SERVICES. That is more that half, dude.