Reports

IIPA 2012 Special Report on Brazil

February 10, 2012 – IIPA recommends that Brazil remain on the Watch List in 2012. There has been some progress in Brazil’s long-running struggle with widespread copyright piracy in the physical environment; but the main battlefield is shifting to the... Read More

IIPA 2011 Special Report on Brazil

February 15, 2011 – IIPA recommends that Brazil remain on the Watch List in 2011. Notwithstanding some recent progress, high levels of copyright piracy pose serious challenges for all sectors of the copyright industry in Brazil.... Read More

IIPA 2010 Special Report on Brazil

February 18, 2010 – IIPA recommends that Brazil remain on the Watch List in 2010. The Brazilian Government has actively worked with the copyright industries to develop and implement strategies aimed at education, enforcement and expansion of commercial opportunities.... Read More

IIPA 2009 Special Report on Brazil

February 17, 2009 – IIPA recommends that Brazil remain on the Watch List in 2009. Brazil is one of the largest commercial markets for legitimate copyrighted materials in the Western Hemisphere, and the Government has manifested in most cases a... Read More

IIPA 2008 Special Report on Brazil

February 11, 2008 – IIPA recommends that Brazil remain on the Watch List in 2008. Brazil is one of the most important markets for the U.S. copyright industries, but its tremendous market potential is undermined by one of the highest... Read More

IIPA 2007 Special Report on Brazil

February 12, 2007 – The copyright industries’ overarching goals in Brazil, one of the largest commercial markets for copyrighted materials, remain: (1) reducing copyright piracy and (2) generating effective criminal enforcement.... Read More

IIPA 2006 Special Report on Brazil

February 13, 2006 – IIPA recommends that Brazil be removed from the Priority Watch List and placed on the Special 301 Watch List in 2006, and that an out-of-cycle-review be conducted later in 2006 to evaluate progress and results achieved... Read More

IIPA 2005 Special Report on Brazil

February 11, 2005 – IIPA recommends that Brazil remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List in 2005. We believe that Brazil continues to fail to provide “adequate and effective protection” for U.S. copyrights as required by the GSP trade... Read More

IIPA 2004 Special Report on Brazil

February 13, 2004 – IIPA recommends that Brazil remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List in 2003. Brazil continues to fail to provide “adequate and effective protection” for U.S. copyrights as required by the GSP trade program; the potential... Read More

IIPA 2003 Special Report on Brazil

February 14, 2003 – IIPA recommends that Brazil remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List in 2003. High levels of copyright piracy, compounded by inadequate criminal enforcement throughout the Brazilian system, indicate that Brazil fails to provide adequate and... Read More
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