Hi, This appears to be government, now. The WTO isn't administered by the RIA. It mentions trade officials, so it's good old Bush himself.
Brandon Gary Wood wrote: > Probably not the U.S. Government. It's more like the R.I.A.! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brandon Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list." <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 10:00 PM > Subject: Re: Article: US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down > > > >> Hi list, >> This amounts to the U.S. trying to shove others around again. I, for >> one, hope that Russia refuses to shut the site down, mainly to show the >> US that they're not the be all and end all of the world. It really >> disturbs me when things like this happen, and I really hope the site >> stays up. I personally don't use it, but I know a lot on this list do, >> so I'm definitely cheering for Russia on this one. >> >> Brandon >> >> >> >> Allison Mervis wrote: >> >>> That would be awful! I use that site almost exclusively. >>> Allison >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> On Behalf Of Steve Pattison >>> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:45 PM >>> To: PC Audio >>> Subject: Article: US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down >>> >>> >>> This article is taken from the Beta News Home page at >>> www.betanews.com. -Steve. >>> >>> US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down >>> By Ed Oswald, >>> BetaNews >>> October 5, 2006, 11:43 AM >>> >>> The United States is continuing to pressure Russia to shut down the >>> music site allofmp3.com, >>> with a top trade official saying Wednesday it would be hard to see >>> the country being >>> a member of the WTO with the site still operating in the country. >>> >>> Calls for AllofMP3's demise are again surfacing as the two countries >>> attempt to restart >>> negotiations for Russia to enter the international trade group. Talks >>> stalled in >>> July after persistent disagreements related to agriculture and >>> intellectual property >>> issues. >>> >>> Representatives from both Russia and the U.S. will meet in Geneva, >>> Switzerland next >>> week with a goal of having an agreement by the end of this month. >>> However, it is >>> likely a non-negotiable stipulation of the talks will be the shutting >>> down of the >>> music site. >>> >>> AllofMP3 claims it has licenses from Russian Multimedia and Internet >>> Society (ROMS) >>> and the Rightholders Federation for Collective Copyright Management >>> of Works Used >>> Interactively (FAIR). >>> >>> However, neither the U.S. nor Britain recognize those licenses, and >>> the British music >>> industry sued the site in July. Joining the WTO has been a publicly >>> stated goal of Russian President Putin, >>> and he has begun to talk about intellectual property rights issues in >>> the country >>> recently. >>> >>> "The dialogue is continuing. We're making progress slowly but >>> steadily and we'll >>> see if we can get there," US Trade Representative Susan Schwab was >>> quoted by Reuters >>> as saying to reporters. "There's no guarantee that we'll get it done." >>> >>> >>> Regards Steve >>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Skype: steve1963 >>> MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >>> offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >>> offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >> offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
