Again, the United States calls for the closure of sites on VKontakte, ex.ua, rutracker and others.

Yesterday, a United States sales representative, Ron Kirk, published a review called " Special 301 Out of Cycle Review of Notorious Markets ".
This review includes examples of markets promoting piracy (including offline stores), a brief report on closed projects over the past year, and many more lyrics.

So, briefly about the main thing.

“Piracy and counterfeit products, including online sales, are hitting the US economy, harming some creative and innovative entrepreneurs and companies. And it also threatens jobs of a significant number of middle class representatives. We emphasize the notorious markets, which have a negative impact on legitimate enterprises of all sizes, which rely on the protection of the intellectual rights of their goods and services. I welcome actions aimed at getting rid of pirated products in the virtual and physical segment of the market, as well as measures taken by the governments of some countries, which led to the closure of a number of similar organizations. It is through both voluntary and government action that we can improve the soil for owners of intellectual property rights, ”said Ron Kirk, US Trade Representative

Original document can be found here.
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Even MegaUpload is mentioned in this report as an example of successful actions to combat piracy.

So, the list of recommended closures included:

• Ex.ua - this Ukrainian “one-click hosting” allows users to download and broadcast the whole range of infringing content, including music, video, television programs, films, books and software.
• ThePirateBay - despite the previous convictions of its founders, continues to assist in unauthorized downloading of content.
• Rutracker - included in the TOP-300 of the most visited sites in the world according to Alexa.com, contributes to the rapid identification and downloading of pirated content.
• vKontakte - this Russian site was included in last year’s list of recommended closures; they were called to account for violations in the case of a Russian record company, however, it continues to work, as before, providing users with unauthorized access to violating materials. It is the third most visited site in the former Soviet region and continues to be one of the 40 most visited sites in the world, according to Alexa.com.

And as the most interesting ...

• Petrivka Market (Kyiv, Ukraine) is an open market with more than 300 stands that sell pirated and counterfeit goods, including music, movies, games, software, clothes and shoes.

In general, quite an interesting report, I recommend to look for yourself. Duplicate link .

PS Please indicate errors in translation, as it is not very strong in English.