China-based media pirates are targeting Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan to avoid local law enforcement.
Digital pirates in China are getting more sophisticated and are blocking their services domestically to avoid local law enforcement, and U.S. copyright holders would like to speak to the manager.
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), which represents various U.S. entertainment industries from Hollywood to gaming, is calling on China to do more to stop these operations, which have been dubbed ‘export-only’ piracy.
The IIPA called out the practice and named notable offenders in a submission last week to the U.S. Trade Representative. The submission was part of the Trade Representative’s annual review of China’s compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations, TorrentFreak reports.
“While significant piracy in China’s domestic market remains an enduring challenge, the exporting of pirated content, piracy services, and piracy devices (PDs) from China to foreign markets is a growing and equally troubling global trend,” the submission reads.
