<font color="#996633"><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><div><font color="#996633"><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Apparently the "International Intellectual Property Alliance, in the US an umbrella group for organisations including the MPAA and RIAA, has requested with the US Trade Representative to consider countries like Indonesia, Brazil and India for its "Special 301 watchlist" because they use open source software."<br>
<br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/feb/23/opensource-intellectual-property" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 81, 168); ">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/feb/23/opensource-intellectual-property</a><br>
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