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"The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus has released their newest international piracy watch list for 2012. The watch list highlights nations that aren\u2019t taking adequate\u00A0action to prevent Internet piracy, compared to the U.S. standard. In other words, it\u2019s\u00A0the government\u2019s way of telling the world; \u201CGo do your job.\u201D\u00A0Unlike past findings, the new list seems to spend more time talking down to other countries than emphasizing specific problem sites. That may have something to do with the fact that a few of the Internet's most recognizable pirating sites, like The Pirate Bay and Demonoid, have been taken down in the last year.\nThe three countries harboring the most Internet pirates in 2012, it seems, are Russia, China and the Ukraine, all of whom are\u00A0consistently\u00A0at the top of lists like these, according to Torrent Freak. Though the report commends China for tightened anti-piracy measures on the country\u2019s premiere search engine, Baidu, the country is still seen as unable to route out copyright infringing users. Russia and the Ukraine, on the other hand were declared to have made no progress in catching pirates.\nHere\u2019s the interesting part: In addition to pointing out obvious offenders, the new\u00A0watch list\u00A0goes after Italy and Switzerland for their\u00A0lenient\u00A0legal tendencies toward Internet pirates. The report essentially calls Switzerland a hotbed for Internet piracy, suggesting that the country\u2019s anti-piracy laws are tantamount to promoting illegal activity. Meanwhile, the report asserts that Italy isn't really capable of targeting Internet pirates.\nMeanwhile, Canada and Spain, two countries that have been on past watch lists, were\u00A0described\u00A0as states \u201Cin transition, since both governments have taken steps to get a tighter grip on their Internet piracy problems. Of course, they aren\u2019t up to America\u2019s standards yet, so they still get a dishonorable mention.\n(via Torrent Freak, image credit;\u00A0Julie Falk)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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