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Feb 17, 2006

RP gets off US piracy watchlist

Joyce Pangco Pa?ares
Manila Standard

THE Philippines has been removed from the US government?s Special 301 list of countries that do not provide adequate copyright protection, the Palace said last night, a development that may pave the way for increased American investments in the country.

In a roundtable discussion last night, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced the country?s removal from the US priority watchlist after a sustained effort to meet Washington?s…

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