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WASHINGTON – The White House today announced its “2013 Joint Strategic Plan for Intellectual Property Enforcement.”  Below is a comment from Cary Sherman, Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Music Collection Societies Undermined, Online Piracy Hubs Unchecked, Prompts Investigation
A year ago, the RIAA intensified its efforts to remove links to illegal music files from search engine results with the hope of better protecting our members’ music. This week, the number of these search returns to illegal music files removed by Google alone reached 20 million. Yes, you read that right: 20 million.
USTR designates Ukraine as Priority Foreign Country; Russia, China, Spain in spotlight in Special 301 Report
Six months ago Google announced it would take into account the number of valid copyright notices it receives when returning search results.
WASHINGTON–The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), which includes the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and other copyright organizations, today issued its annual “Special 301” report to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) which this year highlights 49 countries, in particular China, Russia and Ukraine, that fail to provide adequate and…