Robert talks to Steve Metalitz (meh-TAL-its), vice-president of the International Intellectual Property Alliance, an umbrella organization representing several American industries at risk in the intellectual property rights issue. Metalitz cites the new agreement with China as a step forward because he believes the Chinese now recognize that it is in their long-term interest to enforce copyright laws. Still, Metalitz admits that in the near term, only a small portion of the 2.3 billion dollars annually lost to US industry by copyright violations in China will be recovered by this agreement.
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