U.S. Puts 12 Nations On Watch For Piracy

ColinPL writes with a link to an AP article about a public scolding the US has given China, Russia, and several other nations. Failure to 'sufficiently protect' American copyrights is the cause of the Bush administration's ire, and has resulted in these countries showing up on a 'priority watch list' that could eventually lead to economic sanctions. "In addition to Russia and China, the 10 countries placed on the priority watch list were Argentina, Chile, Egypt, India, Israel, Lebanon, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela. In elevating Thailand to the priority watch list, the administration said it was concerned by a range of issues including a 'deteriorating protection for patents and copyrights.' Thailand is currently in a dispute with international drug companies including Abbott Laboratories of the United States over the cost of drugs to fight AIDS and other diseases. The Thai government in January issued compulsory licenses allowing the use of much cheaper generic versions of two leading drugs in Thailand."

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[Anonymous Coward]

If you can't afford to pay American pharmaceutical companies, you deserve to have AIDS.

Re:Let's be honest

[workindev]

According to the UN, there is no difference between "Gulf 1" and "Gulf 2". The UN passed resolution 678 authorizing military force, resolution 687 specifying the conditions for cease fire while confirming the authorization to use force in 678, and resolution 1441 again confirming the authorization to use force in 678 and condemning Iraq for violating the ceasefire. It would be more accurate to state that the UN never passed a resolution revoking the authority to use military force because the resolution allowing invasion had been on the books for 13+ years.