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. "

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Re:dvd's cost a quarter in shanghai

[pipatron]

When I was there last year they seemed to charge around $5 for a legal copy, in the most expensive stores. You could buy the cheap-ass titles that nobody wants, without a hard cover, for around 50 cents at wal-mart, but I don't know if they were more legal than those sold on the streets for a similar price.