Once a year, the US government engages in an odd exercise: calling out the world's "notorious markets" for copyright infringement and counterfeiting, often without any evidence that the markets in question are breaking either local or US law. Instead, the list is compiled from rightsholder complaints, and the US government then puts its imprimatur on them. And this year, the "notorious markets" list will be more prominent than ever.
The US Trade Representative has published such a list for years as part of its abominably named "Special 301" process, in which intellectual property rightsholders complain to the government about how other countries have terrible IP laws. This year, the notorious markets list will become a separate report and will focus not on laws but on private companies, and peer-to-peer file-sharing hubs now top the list. [...]
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