While stakeholders report that Taobao continues to make significant efforts to address the problem, they recognize that much remains to be done. Taobao: Several commenters reported that pirated and counterfeit goods continue to be widely available on China-based Taobao.

Gougou: Industry reports that this China-based website actively provides users with deeplinks to infringing music files and torrent links from unauthorized sources.ī2B and B2C: Commenters has reported that these Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) websites offer a wide range of infringing products (such as cigarettes, clothing, manufactured goods, pharmaceutical products and sporting goods) to consumers and businesses. Sogou MP3: China-based Sogou MP3 reportedly provides easy access to deeplinks of music files for downloading or streaming, and reportedly ignores rights holders' notices to take down infringing material. Linking: These are online services engaged in 'deep linking' to allegedly infringing material that is often stored on third-party hosting sites. These websites appear to be designed to confuse consumers by operating much like popular, legitimate sites. Pay-per-download:These websites exemplify the problem of online sales of pirated music on a pay-per-download basis.Īllofmp3 clones: While the Russia-based allofmp3 (formerly the world's largest server-based pirate music website) was shut down in 2007, sites that are nearly identical, many of which appear to be owned by the same parties, have taken its place. Rather, the list highlights some of the most prominent examples reported to USTR of notorious markets in each of the categories referenced below.Ī significant number of the markets identified in this report are reportedly located in China and the Eastern European region. 2011 Notorious Markets List – The list below identifies particular markets in which pirated or counterfeit goods are reportedly available, but is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all notorious markets around the world.

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