arstechnica.com— The US will bring two complaints against China before the World Trade Organization over the latter's weak enforcement of intellectual property laws.
Apr 10, 2007View in Crawl 4
US? When did the US citizens start to care. Last time I checked corporations do not have voting rights.We in the US have a lot bigger problems to deal with then with sharing files over the internet. Same thing goes with China.Its not worth tax dollars to fight, so why would any government waste their time. I'm sure if you took a majority vote, every country in the world would vote against wasting their time and money to fight file sharing.
I think you meant to just say:"If you compalint then don't buy anything"Because thanks to stock holdings by multinational corporations, the only thing you can probably purchase domestically that is 100% American is a plot of dirt.
western countries they pirate mainly online, chinese people pirate on streets, are there any big difference? to some extent, they all pirate somehow. so don't blame others, correct own problem first! and the government don't allow chinese people watch great films, because they won't allow the films published in china, so what the people can do is to pirate them and watch them at home. also, the expense of the film ticket is too high that most people can't afford it. the cost for new film is about 8euro to 10 euro, the price for people who has only 100euro monthly income, is it fair or correctly set? so they would prefer to pirate on street for 1euro a film on dvd. PS: at least more and more chinese people tend to be anti-ms, what seems to be a good thing, isn't it? :D
I hope China stands up for what THEY want to do whether it's the same goal as the USA or NOT. Countries that bend over for others are gutless - I don't think China is gutless.
on another note, if supposedly 90% of all software in China is pirated, let's hope it gets down to 1%-5%, not by them buying US software, but by them using FREE sofware instead
Isn't it funny that when the US wanted Canada and Russia to improve their stances on piracy, the US used strong-arm tactics and threatened that both countries wouldn't be allowed in the WTO (which, incidentally is a violation of the WTO mandates, BTW)? But with China, they use complaints instead? HM. Who's the 800-pound gorilla in the room? China is the only country in the world that the US can't afford to strong-arm because they know that a) a large percentage of the worlds goods are produced in China and b) China will be, if not already is, a large contributor to the global economy.
Hasn't anybody noticed that absolutely everything made in China SUCKS? When I bought Nike shoes in the 80's they would last a year. Now you're lucky to get a couple of months out of them. I have toys that my grandfather owned that are still in good condition, but if I buy a toy now it lasts a week at best. I would pay a lot more to buy products that were made somewhere other than China/Taiwan/Malaysia/etc.And then there's the fact that you can't trust products produced in China to be safe or nontoxic. Look at the poison in the cat/dog food ingredients from China. Not only that, but these countries all violate human and animal rights and have no pollution controls. We'd all be a lot better off if we simply stopped trading with China.
Moron. Why don't we simply stop trading with them? Their entire economy is built on cheap labor and export. It will crash pretty quickly if we move manufacturing elsewhere.
Like China gives a s**t... Companies keep investing there even with piracy going on because it's still a profitable market; China owns the planet from your hat to your girlfriend's dildo (that you don't know about). The more pressure the U.S. has been putting on China over the years, the bigger the trade gap has got... Yeah, good luck stopping a train with a damn feather. China is our P.I.M.P!!!
Why are we filing with the WTO? China puts a 25% tariff on any goods going into their counrty, which is very little seeing that they make everything. We need to drop the illution of free trade, it does not work - it does not exist. China is the proof. We need to get out of the WTO and put up tariffs. We are in a trade war right now, and we have been losing for 30+ years as we have watched out jobs go over seas. First we said it was ok, we have the IT service jobs. Now those are going to India. We are left with nothing. Thanks WTO, thanks free trade, thanks Congress for selling the US out to lobbyists.
Common_Sense0_oApr 11, 2007
US? When did the US citizens start to care. Last time I checked corporations do not have voting rights.We in the US have a lot bigger problems to deal with then with sharing files over the internet. Same thing goes with China.Its not worth tax dollars to fight, so why would any government waste their time. I'm sure if you took a majority vote, every country in the world would vote against wasting their time and money to fight file sharing.
dumbledoritoApr 11, 2007
I think you meant to just say:"If you compalint then don't buy anything"Because thanks to stock holdings by multinational corporations, the only thing you can probably purchase domestically that is 100% American is a plot of dirt.
seenxuApr 11, 2007
western countries they pirate mainly online, chinese people pirate on streets, are there any big difference? to some extent, they all pirate somehow. so don't blame others, correct own problem first! and the government don't allow chinese people watch great films, because they won't allow the films published in china, so what the people can do is to pirate them and watch them at home. also, the expense of the film ticket is too high that most people can't afford it. the cost for new film is about 8euro to 10 euro, the price for people who has only 100euro monthly income, is it fair or correctly set? so they would prefer to pirate on street for 1euro a film on dvd. PS: at least more and more chinese people tend to be anti-ms, what seems to be a good thing, isn't it? :D
zhulienApr 11, 2007
I hope China stands up for what THEY want to do whether it's the same goal as the USA or NOT. Countries that bend over for others are gutless - I don't think China is gutless.
zhulienApr 11, 2007
on another note, if supposedly 90% of all software in China is pirated, let's hope it gets down to 1%-5%, not by them buying US software, but by them using FREE sofware instead
smeep2k4Apr 11, 2007
Isn't it funny that when the US wanted Canada and Russia to improve their stances on piracy, the US used strong-arm tactics and threatened that both countries wouldn't be allowed in the WTO (which, incidentally is a violation of the WTO mandates, BTW)? But with China, they use complaints instead? HM. Who's the 800-pound gorilla in the room? China is the only country in the world that the US can't afford to strong-arm because they know that a) a large percentage of the worlds goods are produced in China and b) China will be, if not already is, a large contributor to the global economy.
nosaltApr 11, 2007
Well Boo Hoo ... the RIAA and MPAA are losing money because of China.
fcekuahdApr 11, 2007
Hasn't anybody noticed that absolutely everything made in China SUCKS? When I bought Nike shoes in the 80's they would last a year. Now you're lucky to get a couple of months out of them. I have toys that my grandfather owned that are still in good condition, but if I buy a toy now it lasts a week at best. I would pay a lot more to buy products that were made somewhere other than China/Taiwan/Malaysia/etc.And then there's the fact that you can't trust products produced in China to be safe or nontoxic. Look at the poison in the cat/dog food ingredients from China. Not only that, but these countries all violate human and animal rights and have no pollution controls. We'd all be a lot better off if we simply stopped trading with China.
fcekuahdApr 11, 2007
Moron. Why don't we simply stop trading with them? Their entire economy is built on cheap labor and export. It will crash pretty quickly if we move manufacturing elsewhere.
zabelbokApr 11, 2007
Like China gives a s**t... Companies keep investing there even with piracy going on because it's still a profitable market; China owns the planet from your hat to your girlfriend's dildo (that you don't know about). The more pressure the U.S. has been putting on China over the years, the bigger the trade gap has got... Yeah, good luck stopping a train with a damn feather. China is our P.I.M.P!!!
dferrimanApr 13, 2009
Why are we filing with the WTO? China puts a 25% tariff on any goods going into their counrty, which is very little seeing that they make everything. We need to drop the illution of free trade, it does not work - it does not exist. China is the proof. We need to get out of the WTO and put up tariffs. We are in a trade war right now, and we have been losing for 30+ years as we have watched out jobs go over seas. First we said it was ok, we have the IT service jobs. Now those are going to India. We are left with nothing. Thanks WTO, thanks free trade, thanks Congress for selling the US out to lobbyists.