At least you'll get one smile from their website, the page titled "Case for IP Protection" is blank :) http://www.iccwbo.org/bascap/id890/index.html
"BASCAP", of course, is just yet another name for the usual suspects - it's supporters are Vivendi Universal, EMI, Microsoft, CropLife (Monsanto), BSA, etc. (full, long, list: http://www.iccwbo.org/bascap/id884/index.html )
Here's their recent press release:
GLOBAL CEOS FORM COALITION TO FIGHT COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY
London, October 4, 2005 -- Business leaders from some of the world's top companies today formed a unique coalition to take the fight against the theft of intellectual property to the highest international level. Meeting under the banner "Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy" (BASCAP), the corporate leaders warned that this illegal activity - estimated at $600 billion - is threatening the knowledge-based economy of the 21st century.
Business leaders today agreed an initial 4-point plan of action and launched a recruitment drive to mobilize other CEOs from different countries and the spectrum of affected industries.
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