Microsofts Peter Brabeck-Letmathe,
EMI’s Eric Nicoli and GlaxoSmithKline’s Andrew Witty were among the
CEOs taking part in the meeting of BASCAP – Business Action to Stop
Counterfeiting and Piracy – in London.
"BASCAP is about commanding respect for intellectual property in
all its forms, regardless of industry or geography,” said Eric
Nicoli, Chairman, EMI, and BASCAP Co-Chair. “We live in an age
where virtually every sector in every country on the planet is
contaminated by piracy and counterfeiting and this is having
devastating effects on our businesses, the economy and wider
society.”
The meeting, arranged under the aegis of the International
Chamber of Commerce, resulted in an initial four-point plan of
action, which aims to:
- create counterfeiting and piracy indices, identifying issues
that deserve greater attention within national IP protection
programmes;
- develop a clearinghouse to share best practices and strategies
and leverage existing industry efforts;
- compile a compendium of case studies and statistics – the first
global, cross-sectoral stocktake of the counterfeiting and piracy
problem – which can be shared between businesses and governments;
and
- develop educational materials for policy makers and the public
to explain why IP rights should be respected and enforced.
