Designs by Emily Clare

This article talks about China’s attempts to stop piracy within its borders The concern in this article is whether or not China will be able to control unlicensed Olympic related material from being distributed to the extent at which western world content is. China has only had a intellectual property rights protection system in place for 20 years which is much shorter than countries of the western world. The Chinese state that they know it’s a problem and they are making efforts to correct it. But the article last statement is very interesting, “ ‘We hope Western countries can grant us more time,” he said. “The international community has to be patient.’”
Now I know the United States isn’t mentioned in this article but there is a clear connection between China and the U.S and that is a lot of U.S media is pirated over in China. It’s like what we discussed in class about how new release can be found in China before they are even out on DVD in America. China’s ability or inability to control the piracy of materials from other countries directly affects the profit for the other country and the trade abilities as well.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/17/business/piracy.php