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US Ignores Unwelcome WTO IP Rulings
Eye Log writes "The United States is a big fan of leaning on other countries to tighten IP and copyright protection, but has a tendency to ignore its own obligations when it doesn't get its way. 'Two ongoing cases illustrate the point. First, the European Union is pushing for the US to change a pair of rules that it calls "long-standing trade irritants." Despite World Trade Organization rulings against it, the US has not yet corrected either case for a period of several years... Apparently, it's easy to get hot and bothered when it's industries from your country that claim to be badly affected by rules elsewhere. When it comes to the claims of other countries, though, even claims that have been validated by the WTO, it's much easier to see the complexity of the situation, to spend years arguing those complexities before judges, and to do nothing even when compelled by rulings.'"
Boo hoo, poor Canada can't dump their lumber into the US below market prices. Don't cry too much, most of the lumber at Home Depot and Lowes comes from Canada.
Personally I don't think the US has done enough to stop the flow of Canadian lumber. I attended too many auctions of bankrupt lumber mills. I watched my friends one-by-one close shop and sell their businesses for pennies on the dollar. Families, who been in the business for generations, find themselves moving to the cities to find a new career.
Fuck Canada
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I mean, let's equate China's wholesale, government backed duplication of music and software CD/DVDs with whether artists get paid for music played by workers in a garage.
Let's paint this what it really is - another cheap shot at the US.
EK