由本傑明・羅斯

中國和美國是在它是關於知識產權的新聞再和這次。 美國指責中國不採取知識分子 物產法律嚴重. 中國反應了 給美國諺語的中指. 這我的作為。

從美國透視
軟件，電影海盜行為，并且音樂在中國不是僅繁茂的，它是缺省。 我在福州就此而言不知道一家唯一商店，我可能買電影， (或窗口景色的一個合法的拷貝)。 當許多企業屈服到壓力使用合法的軟件時，這是離案件很遠的地方為私有消費者。 并且就電影，買合法的DVD在中國是為想要炫耀他們的財富的收藏家或那些人預留的儀式。

清楚地，更多能做。 有一個購物中心的一個整個地板這裡在致力賣被盜版的軟件和電影的福州。 圓盤由重量購買批發為輕微地然後被賣在一美元之下每片斷。 它是否是Lionel Richie的最巨大的命中、Adobe Photoshop CS2或者Borat電影，一切可以為價格被購買2公升瓶百事可樂。 這不確切地是您可能說使它難分佈走私的環境。

從中國透視
它不是一樣容易像它聽起來。 中國是1.3十億個人國家以伸長從北京的一個大政府網到每少許角落橫跨中國帝國。 Enforcing regulations in big cities can be relatively efficient, but passing these laws down to small locals (where contraband is often produced), is not as simple as it is in the US, or any other country in the world for that matter.

US companies aren’t really losing that much money. This is just conjecture here, but say piracy was suddenly eliminated in China. It is difficult to imagine droves of Chinese rushing out to buy legitimate DVD’s and software. Many workers in China still make less than a dollar a day, and it would be a stretch to expect them to spend an entire days’ wages on a movie. This is even more so the case for software. People making $150 a month, would simply not buy a $300 copy of Photoshop. They would either not use it, or more likely, find other ways to obtain the intellectual property (i.e. downloading, or burning copies of the original).

It will be interesting to see what the next few moves will bring about. This is not the first time the US has pressured China on Intellectual Property Rights. China has responded (at least according to what I have read in Chinese media) by busting several piracy rings, and increasing the penalties for offenders. A friend of mine here in Fuzhou even witnessed a small store get busted for selling pirated discs. Nonetheless, it still seems finding pirated movies and software is no more difficult than it was three years ago, and finding the real stuff is still virtually impossible.

Benjamin Ross, Ben’s Blog