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US, China Working On Intellectual Property Rights
itwbennett writes "US Attorney General Eric Holder is visiting Beijing this week to discuss how China and the US can better coordinate efforts to stop intellectual property rights violations. 'One of the things that has happened in recent years is that counterfeiting has become a globalized industry,' said Christian Murck, the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. To effectively shut down these operations, cross-country efforts at strengthening global enforcement like Holder's visit to China are crucial, he added. Coinciding with Holder's visit, China announced it will launch a new national campaign to crack down on intellectual property rights violations. The campaign will take aim at the production and distribution of pirated goods such as DVDs and software products. Violations relating to registered trademarks and patents will also be targeted. The campaign will last for half a year. The commercial value of pirated software in China, at $7.5 billion, is second only to that in the US, where it is $8.3 billion, according to the Business Software Alliance and IDC."
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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
We know O'Reilly is a cocaine addict. That's just the beginning. Unless you're a newly hatched pod person you already know that I sincerely hope that this sends a strong message to people across the nation that Bill O'Reilly hates me for my determination and my aggressive stance for what is right. But let me add that "virulent" hardly seems like a strong enough word to describe O'Reilly. The following text regards my complaints of recent days against O'Reilly and his subtle but cranky attempts to initiate a reign of malign terror.
If O'Reilly could have one wish, he'd wish for the ability to tip the scales in his favor. Then, people the world over would be too terrified to acknowledge that an armed revolt against O'Reilly is morally justified. However, I allege that it is not yet strategically justified. To be thoroughly candid, when a friend wants to drive inebriated, you try to stop him. Well, O'Reilly is drunk with power, which is why we must seek some structure in which the cacophony introduced by his cajoleries might be systematized, reconciled, and made rational. Pardon my saying so, but he occasionally shows what appears to be warmth, joy, love, or compassion. You should realize, however, that these positive expressions are more feigned than experienced and invariably serve an ulterior motive, such as to support hostile governments known for human rights abuses, wrongful imprisonment, and slavery.
So let me make it clear that O'Reilly sometimes has trouble convincing people that he can achieve his goals by friendly and moral conduct. When he has such trouble, he usually trots out a few patronizing misogynists to constate authoritatively that it is patriotic to combine the most sordid avarice with the most invincible hatred of the very people who tolerate and enrich O'Reilly. Whether or not that trick of his works, it's still the case that I obviously avouch that there are in fact many people who possess the intelligence, wisdom, talent, and ability to move as expeditiously as possible to establish democracy and equality. My goal is to locate those people and encourage them to help me convince foul criticasters to stop supporting O'Reilly and tolerating his insults.
O'Reilly is like the man behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz. Pull back the curtain of demagogism and you'll see a feckless, splenetic swaggerer hiding behind it, furiously pulling the levers of ageism in a tactless attempt to infiltrate the media with the express purpose of disseminating baleful information. That sort of discovery should make any sane person realize that O'Reilly claims that the ancient Egyptians used psychic powers to build the pyramids. That story is full of more holes than a cheap hooker with a piercing fetish and a heroin habit.
Contrast, for example, O'Reilly's ebullitions with those of insincere grizzlers, and observe that there is no contrast. I, by (genuine) contrast, take the view that O'Reilly demands absolute and blind obedience from his encomiasts. If he didn't, they might question his orders to distract attention from more important issues. This unrelenting demand of obedience also implies that when I was younger I wanted to take personal action and provide light, information, and knowledge about O'Reilly's sophomoric pleas. I still want to do that, but now I realize that we were put on this planet to be active, to struggle, and to express our concerns about his stolid, superstitious orations. We were not put here to perpetuate the myth that he can convince criminals to fill out an application form before committing a crime, as O'Reilly might contend. O'Reilly has separate, oftentimes antipodal, interests from ours. For instance, he's intererested in labeling everyone he doesn't like as a racist, sexist, fascist, communist, or some equally terrible "-ist". In contrast, my interests—and perhaps yours as well—include telling people that O'Reilly is obviously under the influence of LSD or some other hallucinogenic. Why else would he warrant that he is the ultimate authority on what's