Congressional Group Calls On Online Ad Providers To Do More To Stop Piracy

The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus released its watch list of countries it says are not doing enough to protect U.S. intellectual property and took particular aim at firms that allow ads to be placed on sites offering pirated content or counterfeit goods.

The caucus called on five countries -- Canada, China, Russia, Spain and Ukraine -- to do more crack down on piracy and counterfeiting. "We are calling on responsible advertisers, search engines, Internet service providers, and other parts of the Internet ecosystem to work with us to protect the hard work of American creators from piracy," said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), one of the House co-chairmen of the group. Companies that provide online advertisements on websites were criticized at a House hearing earlier this year for not doing enough to ensure their ads are not placed on sites that offer illegal content or goods.