I hope Russia gives them the proverbial finger. Why not try and shut down those software courts in Thailand that Jonathan described when he went there a few years ago, where you go up there, make your software selections, take a number, come back four hours later and your products are ready for you. Just as easily shut those down, right? Depending on what software you need, it could gbe cheaper to go to Thailand and go to one of those software bazaar thingies than it would to buy the software outright! Nothing like a little black-market profiteering to get in the way of the U.S. economy!
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:44:41 +1000, you wrote: >This article is taken from the Beta News Home page at >www.betanews.com. -Steve. > >US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down >By Ed Oswald, >BetaNews >October 5, 2006, 11:43 AM > >The United States is continuing to pressure Russia to shut down the >music site allofmp3.com, >with a top trade official saying Wednesday it would be hard to see >the country being >a member of the WTO with the site still operating in the country. > >Calls for AllofMP3's demise are again surfacing as the two countries >attempt to restart >negotiations for Russia to enter the international trade group. Talks >stalled in >July after persistent disagreements related to agriculture and >intellectual property >issues. > >Representatives from both Russia and the U.S. will meet in Geneva, >Switzerland next >week with a goal of having an agreement by the end of this month. >However, it is >likely a non-negotiable stipulation of the talks will be the shutting >down of the >music site. > >AllofMP3 claims it has licenses from Russian Multimedia and Internet >Society (ROMS) >and the Rightholders Federation for Collective Copyright Management >of Works Used >Interactively (FAIR). > >However, neither the U.S. nor Britain recognize those licenses, and >the British music >industry sued the site in July. Joining the WTO has been a publicly >stated goal of Russian President Putin, >and he has begun to talk about intellectual property rights issues in >the country >recently. > >"The dialogue is continuing. We're making progress slowly but >steadily and we'll >see if we can get there," US Trade Representative Susan Schwab was >quoted by Reuters >as saying to reporters. "There's no guarantee that we'll get it done." > > >Regards Steve >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype: steve1963 >MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_______________________________________________ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
