US Government Recently Passed New Pirate Watch List

With the new Trump administration comes an increase in the crackdown of online piracy, and with that the Office of the US Trade Representative has published its annual piracy watch list, also known as the Special 301 Report. In this 81 page report, around two dozen countries are listed has hotbeds for online piracy.

From ExtraTorrent:

The Office of the US Trade Representative has published its yearly piracy watchlist officially named Special 301 Report. The document highlights countries failing to comply with the copyright protection standards of the United States. Apparently, the enforcement of IP rights is a priority for the Trump administration. In the report, Canada and Switzerland are listed among the two dozen of other countries. 

USTR publishes its report listing countries that aren’t doing enough to protect US intellectual property rights every year. The latest report is the first under the administration of President Trump, but slightly differs from Obama’s: China, Russia, Ukraine and India are major threats, while even Canada and Switzerland remain in the list.

Switzerland is a popular country to host pirate related websites due to their Logistep Decision.That decision was a ruling from the Swiss Federal Supreme Court that prohibits companies from harvesting IP addresses of file-sharers because the Swiss Federal Supreme Court views IP addresses as private data.