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. "

Comments

So when will the US pay *us* back?

[Rycochet]

Considering how long America refused to recognise the copyright of other countries, in fact it's not even 20 years since they started, does that mean we all get a big apology and a huge payout for the lost billions (after inflation) that their bigotry has cost??

I thought not...

Just one question:

[ilovegeorgebush]

Who cares?

Re:The US was a great nation

[Illserve]

Speaking as a European, you may be right about fat and lazy, but the fear is just in the USA.

Speaking as an American living in Europe, you are an idiot.