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Antigua
Considering
Moving
Forward
on
Piracy
March
22,
2008
It
seems
that
the
US
government
has
their
head
so
far
you
know
where
that
they
truly
cannot
see
the
forest
for
the
trees.
The
World
Trade
Organization
has
already
awarded
the
country
of
Antigua
in
the
online
gambling
case
they
brought
against
the
US,
but
that
does
not
seem
to
concern
them
at
all.
With
the
US
continuing
its
ban
of
online
gambling
payment
processing,
the
government
of
Antigua
has
threatened
to
move
forward
with
their
rights
as
awarded
to
them
by
the
WTO
but
the
government
is
refusing
to
budge.
They
have
told
the
US
that
they
are
going
to
move
forward
with
the
“abrogate
intellectual
property
treaties
with
the
US
by
the
end
of
March”
which
would
entail
them
authorizing
“wholesale
copying
of
American
movies,
music
and
other
'soft
targets'.”
They
have
asked
the
Bush
administration
to
work
with
them
to
settle
a
trade
dispute
that
came
about
once
the
US
attempted
to
ban
online
gambling,
but
they
have
not
responded
to
their
requests.
This
means
that
all
movies,
books,
software,
etc.
would
be
able
to
be
copied
by
those
within
the
country
and
sold
without
a
dime
of
it
going
back
to
the
US.
Obviously
groups
such
as
the
Motion
Picture
Association
of
America
has
been
watching
to
see
what
the
US
is
going
to
do
about
this
as
they
are
the
group
that
would
suffer
the
most.
They
say
that
something
will
need
to
be
done
about
it
for
Antigua
will
only
be
the
beginning
of a
much
larger
picture.
Any
country
that
has
a
beef
with
the
US
about
the
online
gambling
ban
or
any
trade
dispute
could
simply
take
what
they
want.
The
people
of
Antigua
say
that
it
is
not
their
purpose
to
punish
the
MPAA;
however,
they
must
have
justification
for
the
people
of
their
island.
With
the
US
refusing
to
work
with
them
and
“negotiate
fairly”
the
country
has
no
other
choice.
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