<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>It is a cross border trade issue rather than an internet governance issue and as such the WTO is the right place for this game to play out. This promises to be interesting.<br><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 31-Jan-2013, at 7:16, "Louis Pouzin (well)" <<a href="mailto:pouzin@well.com">pouzin@well.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Is online gambling an issue in internet governance ? <br>Whatever the answer, for some countries it could open new ways to break the USG blockade on burning IG issues.<br>Read on.<br>- - -<br><br>January 28, 2013. WTO: Antigua To Retaliate Against US By Suspending IP Rights Protection<br>
<br>After years of unsuccessful negotiations between nations, the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body today gave Antigua and Barbuda the right to impose sanctions against the United States for blocking online gambling. The US was found in violation of WTO rules in 2007 and has failed to resolve the issue, so the Caribbean nation was given the right to retaliate in an area that is likely to force a US response - lifting US intellectual property rights.<br>
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