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TAIWANESE MINISTRY TO ADD CRIMINAL STATUTES TO ANTI-CD PIRACY LAW.

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TAIPEI, April 2 Asia Pulse - Vice Economics Minister Chen Ruey-long said Sunday that his ministry will gather related government agency officials to discuss the incorporation of criminal statutes into an anti-CD piracy draft law in the next few days.

Demonstrating Taiwan's determination to protect intellectual property rights, Chen said that the Economics Ministry will specify criminal responsibility for copyright infringements in an optical media management statute currently being drafted in accordance with similar measures in the Copyright Law.

Chen's remarks came a day after the release of a 471-page report on foreign trade barriers compiled by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Office. The 10 pages dedicated to Taiwan detail U.S. concerns for trade barriers in such major areas as intellectual property rights and the island's telecommunications market.

Following the publication of the report, the USTR Office is scheduled to publish its ...

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