The United States would launch an attack on China piracy

By more than 70 members of the United States, "Congressional International Anti-Piracy Working Group," May 20 published the "2009 International Piracy Watch List", China, Russia, Canada, Spain, Mexico, "the list." Directly the United States Congress Baidu name, and accused China of a number of sites to provide links to download pirated material profit model. The Congress Working Group claims that out of these countries is due to the piracy problem in these countries the breadth and depth, resulting in millions of U.S. workers in related industries in dozens of the loss of 100 million U.S. dollars, while the problem in these countries lack the political will of the anti-piracy.

The day of release of "international piracy report 2009" will be shown in China in the first place, the view that China's piracy problem has not changed significantly over the past year. Report directly named in China's largest search engine Baidu, Baidu said to exist in China a large number of illegal downloading of music is responsible for , and Baidu has as a means of obtaining advertising revenues. The report said that China is dependent on a number of sites providing access to infringing material model to operator services; there are some Chinese companies illegally obtained from the university library for scientific journals and the dissemination of copies. the report, the Chinese Government infringement activities on the network ineffective punishment.

The report affirmed China in the fight against computer software piracy has made some progress, but that 80% of the software piracy rate is still too high, the need for China to increase law enforcement. Reported that the United States of China's market access for content providers make the problem of copyright piracy restrictions deterioration.

Prior to the United States has on the intellectual property rights and access to cultural products brought to the WTO litigation against China. The WTO in March this year on the formal complaint made by the United States ruled that the United States a number of ideas were dismissed, but the Chinese also have a number of practices and "Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement" does not match. China and the United States continues to stick to their own views.

Co-Chair of the Working Group, one of the day, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said at a press conference held: "In economic hard times, the protection of intellectual property rights is more important than ever."

According to U.S. industry estimates, the United States, movies, music and video games industry output value of U.S. gross domestic product accounted for 6%, while the global piracy to the United States each year 25 billion U.S. dollars of lost sales.

Co-Chair of the Working Group, one of Senator Orrin G. Hatch, said: "This report of a serious reminder that piracy has become a common problem in the international community. Congressional International Anti-Piracy Working Group will take the lead in anti-piracy and anti-counterfeit legislation . "

Co-Chair of the Working Group of the House of Representatives Adam B. Schiff stressed the need to protect, like General Motors, Ford Motor, the protection of American movies, music and computer software copyright.

Analysts estimate that intellectual property will become the new U.S. administration, as well as the first US-China JCCT strategic economic dialogue with the focus of the topic.