February 15, 2002 – The Brazilian government has made numerous commitments to U.S. government officials over the years – most recently in March 2001 – to address the core problems of extremely high piracy rates and inadequate enforcement. And yet there has been little concrete action by Brazil to address these issues.

February 16, 2001 – The IIPA recommends that Brazil be elevated to the Special 301 Priority Watch List this year. We also strongly support the U.S. government’s initiation of a review of Brazil’s intellectual property rights practices under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, a U.S. trade law.

February 18, 2000 – Given the growing levels of optical media piracy in Brazil, the market for legitimate copyright products is being decimated. IIPA believes Brazil should be elevated to the Priority Watch List.