The state of Antigua received the right to pirated software
The World Trade Organization allowed the tiny state of Antigua and Barbuda to steal licensed software, feature films, music and other digital goods protected by copyright. You can steal under two conditions: 1) if the goods belong to the United States copyright holders; 2) in the amount of not more than $ 21 million per year.
The WTO decision is part of the compensation for the illegal blockade of gaming sites by the United States. The islands of Antigua and Barbuda are one of the largest centers for online gambling, but the US authorities have banned such games on the territory of their country and began to block access of citizens to foreign gaming sites. Antigua and Barbuda filed a complaint with the WTO and won the case, but the United States, naturally, is not in a hurry to fulfill the decision of an international organization, which they did not set up to pay huge fines themselves (Antigua’s damage is estimated at $ 3.44 billion a year).
Since the US is not going to compensate for the damage, the WTO began to look for other ways to take money from the debtor. Authorization of pirated products is one such way. Lawyers say that this type of compensation - issuing a permit to one state to violate the intellectual rights of another state - is extremely rare. According to experts, similar claims to the United States may be filed by other states, because Americans block all online casinos, without exception.
The WTO decision is part of the compensation for the illegal blockade of gaming sites by the United States. The islands of Antigua and Barbuda are one of the largest centers for online gambling, but the US authorities have banned such games on the territory of their country and began to block access of citizens to foreign gaming sites. Antigua and Barbuda filed a complaint with the WTO and won the case, but the United States, naturally, is not in a hurry to fulfill the decision of an international organization, which they did not set up to pay huge fines themselves (Antigua’s damage is estimated at $ 3.44 billion a year).
Since the US is not going to compensate for the damage, the WTO began to look for other ways to take money from the debtor. Authorization of pirated products is one such way. Lawyers say that this type of compensation - issuing a permit to one state to violate the intellectual rights of another state - is extremely rare. According to experts, similar claims to the United States may be filed by other states, because Americans block all online casinos, without exception.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/17976/
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