http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/03/26/2224241.shtml
US Ignores Unwelcome WTO IP Rulings
Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 26, @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
the do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do dept.
United States
Eye Log writes "The United States is a big fan of leaning on other
countries to tighten IP and copyright protection, but has a tendency
to ignore its own obligations when it doesn't get its way. 'Two
ongoing cases illustrate the point. First, the European Union is
pu****ng for the US to change a pair of rules that it calls
"long-standing trade irritants." Despite World Trade Organization
rulings against it, the US has not yet corrected either case for a
period of several years... Apparently, it's easy to get hot and
bothered when it's industries from your country that claim to be badly
affected by rules elsewhere. When it comes to the claims of other
countries, though, even claims that have been validated by the WTO,
it's much easier to see the complexity of the situation, to spend
years arguing those complexities before judges, and to do nothing even
when compelled by rulings.'"
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