{"id":3027,"date":"2013-05-08T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/05\/08\/iipa-hails-ustr-decision-to-designate-ukraine-a-priority-foreign-country\/"},"modified":"2013-05-08T09:00:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T09:00:31","slug":"iipa-hails-ustr-decision-to-designate-ukraine-a-priority-foreign-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2013\/05\/08\/iipa-hails-ustr-decision-to-designate-ukraine-a-priority-foreign-country\/","title":{"rendered":"IIPA Hails USTR Decision To Designate Ukraine A Priority Foreign Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/49\/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg\/800px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"157\" height=\"104\" \/><br \/>The International Intellectual Property Alliance  (IIPA) 1 praised the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for  designating Uk raine as a Priority Foreign Country (PFC), the most  serious ranking available in the Speci al 301 trade program identifying  countries that fail to pr ovide adequate and effective protection for  U.S. intellectu al property and\/or fair and equitable market access.    <!--more-->  IIPA also commends USTR for its 2013 Special 301 Report, listing 40  other countries on either th e Priority Watch List or the Watch List,  and launching reviews in 2 additional countries, incl uding Spain, for  their shortcomings in copyright protection and enforcement and\/or market  access for U.S. copyrights.<\/p>\n<p> Special 301 is an important trade tool to identify country practices  that warrant attention for lax copyright protection or closed markets.  American, fore ign, and local creators an d distributors need strong  copyright protection and enforcement, in combination with better market  access, to ge nerate millions of skilled high-wage jobs, further expa nd  exports, and contribute s ubstantially to their nations&#8217; economies. By  identifying problem markets and seeking concrete solutions to IP theft  and market barriers, USTR&#8217;s Report signals the Administration&#8217;s  continuing commitment to protect our nation&#8217;s most valuable IP assets.  We thank all those in the U.S. Government for continuing to engage  bilaterally and regionally to encourage our trading partners to make  concrete progress toward the goal of str onger and more open IP  marketplaces worldwide.<\/p>\n<p> IIPA Counsel Eric J. Schwartz added regarding Ukra ine, &#8220;This is the  first time that USTR has had a country designated as a PFC since 2005,  and the designation is clearly justified. Piracy rates in Ukraine have  worsened over the past two years, preventing legitimate ri ght holders  from being able to do business in Ukraine. Ukraine is, by its own  admission, the source of widespread free and pay-for-download (a nd  streaming) piracy of copyrighted materials through websites such as  ex.ua, which have halted the development of a legitimate copyright  market locally and harmed in ternational markets for content. Colle  cting societies that have been duly authorized by right holders have  lost their accreditation from the State, resulting in market confusion  and loss of revenue in an already highly challenged marketplace. So  ftware piracy remains rampant, including significant unlicensed software  use by government agencies. High-qua lity unauthorized camcording of  films in Ukraine&#8217;s theaters are uploaded to top pirate s ites and  distributed across the Internet . We hope this designation today will  stimulate Ukraine to make real and measurable progress against piracy. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\">Source: <span class=\"normal\">IIPA<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) 1 praised the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}