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China-USwinsMediaWar
| China's limits on entertainment
imports violate free trade
practices, WTO
rules
••The
ruling is seen as a win for U.S.
industries working to distribute
films, music and books in China.
Still, trade experts say not to
expect big
changes.
••Workers
make repairs to the display at a
Beijing movie theater near a
model of a character from the
"Transformers" films. Wednesday's
World Trade Organization ruling
could help open the Chinese
market to more U.S. movies. (Ng
Han Guan / Associated Press)
••The
decision was seen as one of the
toughest against China by the WTO
since it joined the trade body in
2001 and agreed to give equal
treatment for domestic and
foreign companies. And it comes
as the U.S. continues to face a
massive trade deficit with China
-- $103 billion through June of
this year -- an issue that the
Obama administration has yet to
tackle head on but which looms
large in the coming
months. ••August
13, 2009 / Washington. The
LAtimes reported that . . . in
deciding that China broke
international trade rules by
restricting imports of movies,
music and books, the World Trade
Organization handed the U.S. a
victory in a contentious issue
that has long rankled purveyors
of copyrighted media products.
••But
it doesn't mean Hollywood or
Silicon Valley will be cashing in
any time soon.
••The
ruling, issued Wednesday by a WTO
panel in Geneva, called on China
to stop requiring foreign media
suppliers to go through the
costly process of distributing
goods through Chinese state-owned
entities. It also urged China to
allow foreign companies to sell
music over the Internet, a
potentially huge opportunity for
companies such as Apple Inc.,
with its iTunes. China has the
largest number of Internet users,
but piracy online and in the
streets is rampant.
••The
decision was seen as one of the
toughest against China by the WTO
since it joined the trade body in
2001 and agreed to give equal
treatment for domestic and
foreign companies. And it comes
as the U.S. continues to face a
massive trade deficit with China
-- $103 billion through June of
this year -- an issue that the
Obama administration has yet to
tackle head on but which looms
large in the coming months.
••Although
China has complied with past WTO
rulings against it, analysts say
Beijing could appeal the latest
decision, which could drag out
the case for many more months.
The complaint was first brought
by the U.S. in spring
2007.
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•••Wireless
phone access codes to connect your phone
to other phones in another country stolen
- 109 Cellphone
Hacking.
•••NBS
WTQCA - says that a Hacking operation was
broken up
by
Italian and U.S.
authorities. The international group that
hacked into long-distance phone lines may
have provided funds to expand "freebe"
phone calls to Southeast
Asia.
•••The
group electronically broke into the
systems of international
telecommunications companies and sold the
access codes in several countries in a
multimillion-dollar fraud, Italian police
and the FBI alleged in separate
statements.
•••By
routing conversations from call centers
onto the hacked networks, the suspects
stole 12 million minutes, worth $55
million, from companies including
AT&T, the FBI said. Italian
authorities shut down 10 call centers in
various cities, according to police.
•••The
raids across Italy last week -- arrested
five suspects linked to a hacking
operation in the Philippines. Federal
authorities in New Jersey charged three
people living in the Philippines in
connection with the case.
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needs a Wireless Telephone Quality Control
Service.
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Is
A Wireless Telephone Quality Control
Service Needed? Consumers say Yes to WTQC
and No to Violation of Cramming
laws
•••
AT& buries
customer rights -- are spelled out in
their copyrighted 2,500-page
guidebook'
•••Judging
from the phone company's voluminous new
online customer manual, if you have a
problem with your bill, too bad, said
WTQCA spokeswoman.
••
(Cramming)-
...Witteman said
the online guidebook and ambiguous
notification policy appear to violate a
California statute requiring that
consumers "be given sufficient information
to make informed choices."
••••AT&T's
service agreement is written in dense
legalese and essentially gives the company
as much latitude as possible -- while
limiting customers' ability to seek
redress.
••••"If
you do not agree with the provisions of
this agreement, your sole option is to
cancel your services . . . within 30 days
after receipt of this agreement," it
says.
••••An
analysis of the agreement prepared for PUC
staffers found fault with a variety of
AT&T's provisions, including this one:
"You also agree to pay for all charges for
services provided under this agreement
even if such calls were not authorized by
you."
••••The
analysis said this "is in direct violation
to cramming laws," which protect consumers
from having unauthorized charges placed on
their bills.
••Witteman
said the online guidebook and ambiguous
notification policy appear to violate a
California statute requiring that
consumers "be given sufficient information
to make informed choices."
••••AT&T's
service agreement is written in dense
legalese and essentially gives the company
as much latitude as possible -- while
limiting customers' ability to seek
redress.
••••"If
you do not agree with the provisions of
this agreement, your sole option is to
cancel your services . . . within 30 days
after receipt of this agreement," it
says.
••••An
analysis of the agreement prepared for PUC
staffers found fault with a variety of
AT&T's provisions, including this one:
"You also agree to pay for all charges for
services provided under this agreement
even if such calls were not authorized by
you."
••••The
analysis said this "is in direct violation
to cramming laws," which protect consumers
from having unauthorized charges placed on
their bills. •
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