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Taiwan Rejects US Copyright Extension Demands
An anonymous reader writes "Taiwan has rejected the US's demand to extend copyrights from 50 years to 70 years. Here's the news article on the Mercury News."
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...your friendly global government.
Dick, it's thuh bossman.
Yeah, good one George. What do you want know? I'm kind of busy with all this planning - I'm up to my ass in miniature B-2's
Just one questicular point Dick.
What now?
Is it too late to get it changed to read, "Iraq, Taiwan"?
It always worries me whenever a Taiwan or China issue props up into slashdot, because they get overexaggerated and demonized way too severely. So here's some comparison w/ other nations.
Copyright:
* US -- 70 years.
* Japan -- 50 years.
* Taiwan -- 50 years.
However these numbers may not be set in stone. Japanese and Taiwanese politicians still waiting for American Corporate Checks.
Judicial system:
* US -- jury system.
* China -- non-jury system.
* Japan -- non-jury system.
A non-jury system != barbaric, uncivilized, evil. Japan has three judges that decide on each case, as opposed to one. On the other side, the US only has one. If the judge is concerned about their upcoming elections, they might be more willing to overturn the jury's decisions, and hand out more capital punishments.
Capital punishment:
* US -- lethal injection.
* Japan -- hanging.
* China -- firearms.
Come on, folks, murder is murder, no matter which way you slice 'em (or poison them, or hang them...) Barbarism is barbarism. Really.
Political parties:
* US -- Republicans + Democrats majority.
* Japan -- The Japanese Communist Party is close to the number one party, the Liberal Democratic Party.
* China -- Chinese Communist Party.
* France -- Socialism seems pretty strong...
The difference between the JCP and LDP are very few, just like the difference btwn R + D. While China's political situation is askew, they are not at all still the same as Communism under Mao. While ideological differences are clear in Socialism, Communism, and Capitalism, when it comes to political parties, they show convergence in evolution, and begin to show similarities in their core values.