The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) has just published its written submission to the Office of the US Trade Representative listing countries that it believes should be identified in the annual Special 301, the report that details the "adequacy and effectiveness of US trading partners' protection of intellectual property rights."

The IIPA, which counts the Association of American Publishers, BSA, ESA, Independent Film & Television Alliance, MPAA, National Music Publishers' Association, and the RIAA among its members, has listed its grievances against a whole host of countries. Unsurprisingly, especially given its members' focus, the main complaints concern movie, music, video game and software piracy. The complaints about infringement in the digital realm are numerous.

The IIPA submission is long, detailed, and actually informative and objective in parts, but it's also peppered with language, insinuations and omissions one might expect of the lobby groups involved. In the main, countries are criticized for not having tough enough laws to support US interests and where they do they're criticized for not enforcing them.

ISPs are being put under pressure around the globe and are either criticized for not living up to their responsibilities under the law or where they do, for not doing enough to voluntarily assist rights holders.

File-sharing sites, wherever they may be, are branded as criminal organizations. Authorities are encouraged to legislate with that in mind, sooner rather than later.