[Ecommerce] Re CEOS FORM COALITION TO FIGHT COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY]

[Michelle Childs]

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See coverage in French in Lib=E9raiton :
http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=3D328696



> GLOBAL CEOS FORM COALITION TO FIGHT COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY
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> 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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> To learn more, please visit:
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> http://www.uscib.org/index.asp?documentID=3D1826
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Philippe Aigrain
Directeur, Soci=E9t=E9 pour les espaces publics d'information
4, passage de la Main d'Or, F-75011 Paris, France
Tel: +33 (0)1 55 28 37 65 - Fax: +33 (0)1 55 28 37 69
philippe.aigrain@sopinspace.com, www.sopinspace.com
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