Copyright haven: Caribbean islands get WTO approval for what US calls ‘authorized piracy’ - The Washington Post.
The islands of Antigua and Barbuda are threatening to strip intellectual property protections from American goods as part of a long-running trade dispute over the U.S. embargo on the tiny Caribbean nation’s online gambling industry.
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The World Trade Organization, however, has come down on Antigua’s side. In 2007, it allowed the islands to draw $21 million a year’s worth of “nullification or impairments” from the United States as a penalty for the continuing refusal of the U.S. to allow American customers to place their online bets in Antigua.
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Antiguan officials say they could make up the money through the operation of a copyright haven, although what that might look like and what its scope would be remains unclear. Antiguan officials have kept details vague and the move has little precedent.
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