South Africa Faces US Trade Sanctions over Online Piracy

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The US Trade Representative has launched a review of South Africa's copyright protection policies, which could result in trade sanctions. The announcement follows a petition from the IIPA, which represents the MPA, RIAA, and other entertainment industry groups. The organizations are unhappy with how South Africa is handling the threat of online piracy and are demanding change.

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The US Trade Representative has launched a review of South Africa's copyright protection policies, which could result in trade sanctions. The announcement follows a petition from the IIPA, which represents the MPA, RIAA, and other entertainment industry groups. The organizations are unhappy with...
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The TorrentFreak article is factually incorrect and misunderstood by the laymen who wrote it there. We are not facing sanctions over online piracy at all. We are facing trade sanctions because of the new copyright bill relaxing copyright infringements on mostly printed and other media. Online piracy, without the exception of distribution, is still not accepted in our laws and copyright laws and is thus not a crime in this country. In fact, we have very little, if anything else related to online piracy in our laws.
 
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including the MPA and RIAA,
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These a holes again.

Quit scary that they as a group can influence the US government for full on trade sanctions, or is it just trade sanctions with regards to “entertainment industry”?
 
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Okty said:
These a holes again.

Quit scary that they as a group can influence the US government for full on trade sanctions, or is it just trade sanctions with regards to “entertainment industry”?
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Yep, they are serious contenders who could influence the US economy in a very big way. When they approach the government there, everyone sits up and listen.
 
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Among other things, the IIPA would like South Africa to appoint special cybercrime inspectors and develop a cybercrime security hub, recognizing copyright as a top priority.
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Would have nearly gone with this, except the last part.
 
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Then tell Disney to bring Disney+ here and we wouldn't have to find other means to watch The Mandalorian. We'd stream it legally. I watch very limited stuff via that method anymore, streaming works for me.
 
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This is what the Headline should say :

US Government Threatening To Kill Free Trade With South Africa After Hollywood Complained It Was Adopting American Fair Use Principles

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US Government Threatening To Kill Free Trade With South Africa After Hollywood Complained It Was Adopting American Fair Use Principles

Hollywood hates fair use. Even though Hollywood frequently relies on fair use, it seems to go out of its way to fight against fair use being used anywhere else. The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) (which is a mega trade group of...
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But we are a third world country, the US can't expect us to adhere to 21st century policies when basic human rights policies of the 19th century aren't being met.
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Could've sworn we're paying 1st world taxes..! Or is it just the ANC stealing so much of it?

Plus not getting the full Netflix catalog like other developed countries.

Not gonna lie, fukkem I'll continue drinking rum until such time as we are treated as equals in terms of the rest of the world ito media distribution.
 
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QUOTE="grok, post: 24534219, member: 46646"]
Could've sworn we're paying 1st world taxes..! Or is it just the ANC stealing so much of it
Plus not getting the full Netflix catalog like other developed countries.

Not gonna lie, fukkem I'll continue drinking rum until such time as we are treated as equals in terms of the rest of the world ito media distribution.
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AT the end of the day Hollywood cries about piracy simply because they like crying, it's good for business. They know just as well as everyone else that piracy is a availability issue and it has as near as makes no difference no effect on their bottom line.
 
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Are they seriously suggesting that our tiny SA market of barely a few million people with sufficient bandwidth to torrent or stream anything (at least 3 billion ppl have broadband globally) are such proportionately worse pirates than other vastly more populated and connected nations, that we should have trade sanctions? Bollocks!
 
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Are they seriously suggesting that our tiny SA market of barely a few million people with sufficient bandwidth to torrent or stream anything (at least 3 billion ppl have broadband globally) are such proportionately worse pirates than other vastly more populated and connected nations, that we should have trade sanctions? Bollocks!
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This is not what they are complaining about. Never was either.
 
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