International Anti-Piracy Caucus Unveils "2008 International Piracy Watch List"

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At a press conference today the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, which is chaired by Senators Joe Biden (D-DE) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), and Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), unveiled the "2008 International Piracy Watch List." In an effort to combat international copyright piracy by calling attention to countries where piracy has reached alarming levels, the Caucus announced that it will closely monitor the serious problems of copyright piracy in China, Russia and Canada, and to a lesser extent the piracy problems in Mexico, Greece and Spain.

"When one of our trading partners allows copyright infringement to occur with impunity, they are gaming the system and injuring our economy," said Congressman Schiff. "When people buy DVDs on the street or download music on the Internet without paying for it, they aren't just stealing products, they're stealing jobs from American workers. We must take much stronger action to ensure countries on the list are forced to take piracy seriously."

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