Articles from August 2005
From 301 Watch List to leading light -Taiwan's copyright turnaround
Just three years ago, when Taiwan was on the Office of the US Trade Representative's (USTR) Special 301 Priority Watch List, the US copyright industry estimated that its losses from copyright piracy in Taiwan reached a high of $847.9 million. Although Taiwanese authorities declared 2002 the year of IP protection, the results were mixed. Industry associations and local government officials openly discussed ways to tackle copyright infringement, but piracy investigations and prosecutions were not keeping pace with infringing activities...Full PDF Article