9 Oct
2005
9 Oct
'05
1:03 p.m.
On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Whatever the case, we have enough problems to solve domestically that we
shouldn't concern ourselves with what's going on 8,000 miles away.
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There probably
are a few places still doing things the old way. Big
deal.
The problem to me is that we just don't know how big a deal it is. IP
piracy (music, movies, software, designer fashions) is also something
that the Chinese government has come out against (and they periodically
crack down on some group or another for show). Yet how big would you say
that the pirate software or music business is in China? I don't know--I
doubt that anyone has a really accurate figure--but it's not negligible.
Illegal, yes.
So when the official party organ of the PRC comes out this year and says
that there's still a problem, how big is it?
I don't know, but I suspect that it's not negligible.