China Slams US Piracy Complaint

bingoathome writes with a link to a BBC article on China's criticism of the US over its complaint to the WTO. The Bush administration is breaking its long-standing policy of backroom conversations with Beijing to condemn the country's continued 'failure to address copyright piracy and counterfeiting.' "The US says that China's failure to enforce copyright laws is costing software, music and book publishers billions of dollars in lost sales ... The US has been threatening a WTO complaint against China since 2005. It said on Tuesday that the two cases had been submitted to the WTO. One case claims that Beijing's poor enforcement of copyright and trademark protections violates WTO rules. The other contends that illegal barriers to hamper sales of US films, music and books. "

World War III

[night_flyer]

WWIII wont about oil or religion, it will be about copyright infringement

Re:dvd's cost a quarter in shanghai

[Lumpy]

Lower prices??? are you MAD? how do we continue to pay the multi billion dollar salaries that these people RIGHTLY DESERVE for their work?

executives for the MPAA deserve a 7 figure income they work REALLY HARD.
Actors also deserve their 7 and 8 figure incomes, do you realize how incredibly HARD their work is?

Cripes working in a mine or foundry is pampered panzy work compared to what an actor has to deal with daily.

you people make me sick!

Re:dvd's cost a quarter in shanghai

[mulvane]

The end return could be worth it. Invading Iraq will eventually pay for itself in oil. China has plenty of resources the US could take over with an invasion. War isn't costly if you think of the cost as an investment.

The US actually filed two complaints

[shadowspar]

One thing that was glossed over quite a bit in the article from the Beeb is that the US is actually launching two WTO complaints about China. The CBC article [www.cbc.ca] says

On Monday, the U.S. government said it would file two WTO cases contending that Beijing's lax enforcement of trademark and copyright rules violates WTO rules and that China is unfairly blocking sales of U.S. movies, music and books.

It figures -- first they complain that the Chinese aren't selling enough US movies, music, and books. Then when they find a way to start selling them by the truckload, the US complains about that too. =)

Re:Wait a minute!

[thePowerOfGrayskull]

My cat took over the keyboard. I meant to ignore everything you wrote and go off on a tangent, but now it's too late.