US threatens sanctions if Serb piracy continues
BELGRADE – Serbia-Montenegro will lose its preferential trade relations status with the US, and US trade sanctions will follow by the end of the year, if the union fails to put a stop to piracy in the country.
Radio B92 sources today revealed that representatives of the International Agency for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the International Film Association have spent the past two days in Belgrade, carrying the message that Serbia-Montenegro must end piracy by June 1 or face US Government monitoring.
The representatives, who have held talks with ministers for finance, interior affairs, culture and representatives of the Anti-Piracy Commission, gave the country a fortnight deadline to finalize the draft law governing copyrights and related rights, which should then be adopted by the Serbia-Montenegro Parliament.
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