China Takes Copyright Piracy Seriously?

Posted by Bill Belew on April 17th, 2006 in Business in China, China | No Comments

To improve business prospects in China, it seems some in China are beginning to take copyright piracy seriously. At least that is what we are supposed to think.

Leading up to President Hu’s visit, China has arranged for a group oif 20 scholars to visit U C Berkeley and study….copyright law.

UC Berkeley’s Center for Law and Technology at Boalt Hall School of Law is excited about this visit. I am an educator, too. And, I am genuinely excited when people come to my class to LEARN. But, I am more excited when I see them put into practice the things they have learned in my class.

Still, it’s a step in the right direction.

"The problems with IP in China can’t change overnight. You have to do it through education, collaboration and dialogue," said Jihong Sanderson, Director of Berkeley’s Center for Research on Chinese and American Strategic Operation.

But..but…at the end of most educational courses comes a test, right? I wonder how this delegation will fare come test time.

What do you think?

The program is supported by CISCO, BEA and SYBASE .

 

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  1. Jennifer says

    18/04/2006

    I guess this is in response to the demand of big companies coming into China to do business. They have been complaining about the rampant piracy especially of computer software, music and movies. These have been all over Asia and it is really hard to put a clamp on it. What I wonder about is the seriousness of China’s actions. Twenty scholars are not really enough to turn a lot of “pirates” around. But like Sanderson said, one can’t solve this problem overnight.

  2. panasianbiz says

    18/04/2006

    Any serious effort is better than no effort, right?

    At least it seems China is trying…at least on the eve of President Hu’s impending visit.