Life Musings

Again, revisiting my previous postingson intellectual property protection in China...

Somebody told me, "My company refuses to do any high end manufacturing in China for fear of it getting ripped off. For my area of the business, we only have manufacturing in highly commoditized wires, cable, switches, etc. We had local counsel specifically tell us that the government takes a blind eye to the rampant, and I mean rampant, piracy over there."

Wow. Unfortunately, that's common.

He then said, "Time magazine had an article about how the film industry is getting crushed over there because at the same time a new release hits the theater, there is already a DVD out on the street. If you ask these people why they pay for the DVD or why they are pirating, they all say that it's much easier, or that they're just trying to make a buck or some other nonsense. When I was over there, I tried looking out for it, but my lack of Chinese language skills and guide made it very difficult."