China State-Owned Enterprises Now Have to Stop Pirating
It has taken some time, but the Chinese government recently confirmed and guaranteed that state-owned businesses will use only legal software, including operating systems and office suites.
The statement referred to enterprises that operate under the authority of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, as well as central state-owned enterprises that are directly supervised by the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.
In a meeting with the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) the Chinese government promised to "develop a Judicial Interpretation" for the Supreme People’s Court, making clear that "those who facilitate online infringement will be jointly liable for such infringement."
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) had lobbied for such an agreement for several years and was unsurprisingly happy about this move: "We’re glad China has made clear it is committed to curbing illegal software use in its state-owned enterprises," said BSA President and CEO Robert Holleyman in a prepared statement. "Piracy has been a persistent problem throughout the Chinese economy, but this represents a real opportunity to start bringing it under control. State-owned enterprises account for a huge share of China’s industrial output. More effectively upholding intellectual property laws in that sector will make a big difference. But the challenge will be effectively verifying compliance."
The BSA said that the commercial value of software piracy in China was $8.9 billion in 2011.
Maybe it's just me... /shrug...
One of the best ways to use government power for personal use is to set up businesses for certain success due to deals with the government. By ensuring a hefty profit you can then turn around and invest into the company and make tons of money while in office. Plus you can always expect the company to "pay it's respects" to you later on if they happen to be sending their lobbyists. I'm sure China is no exception to this and dances the same corruption dance.
Oh and vote for NuclearShadow for the Senate in 2018 if you happen to live in Connecticut. I won't do any of the corruption but don't expect me to do my job either. I am starting the Procrastination party. Changing America today!.... or maybe tomorrow.
Maybe it's just me... /shrug...
One of the best ways to use government power for personal use is to set up businesses for certain success due to deals with the government. By ensuring a hefty profit you can then turn around and invest into the company and make tons of money while in office. Plus you can always expect the company to "pay it's respects" to you later on if they happen to be sending their lobbyists. I'm sure China is no exception to this and dances the same corruption dance.
Oh and vote for NuclearShadow for the Senate in 2018 if you happen to live in Connecticut. I won't do any of the corruption but don't expect me to do my job either. I am starting the Procrastination party. Changing America today!.... or maybe tomorrow.
We need large tariffs on stuff made in slave labor states. All that Wal-Mart garbage would cost as much or more than the old better made US/Mexico/Canada stuff if they could not just steal the IP, had to pay a fair wage, provide real health care and not totally destroy the local environment.
Of course it has all the appropriate back doors so the gov can spy and censor who ever they see fit.
http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-4110.html
Dont allow them to sell the Lenovo Brand.
China demanded, and got, the SOURCE CODE for everything that passed through their borders.
That’s why the Chinese government teams are so good at zero day exploits. They won’t give up a competitive advantage. Any other read on this is wishful thinking.
only a moron gets addicted to their own stash.
china wants to look better, and from what i hear they are making serious strides to reform.
over all i think its a great thing, and is something microsoft was banking on sense windows 95 or 98
they more or less said they encouraging piracy, because one day they will figure out how to charge them, and when they do, they would have them by the balls, pay day.
china wants to look better, and from what i hear they are making serious strides to reform.
over all i think its a great thing, and is something microsoft was banking on sense windows 95 or 98
they more or less said they encouraging piracy, because one day they will figure out how to charge them, and when they do, they would have them by the balls, pay day.
The problem with China is they bullshit about everything. "Oh we're going to let our currency float more freely"....to them fulfilling that promise means letting it move .0001%. It's STILL 6 yuan to 1 usd 3 years and one recession later. So when they say they're going to curb piracy they probably won't do crap.
well, they either had a fairly big slip in censorship, or are making changes for the better, because they recently showed V for vendetta on their air waves.
i kind of believe that they are making the change for the better, or at least attempting to.
Yep. Piracy in China will be slowing down. But nobody said they'd be using American software.
Too many seriously beautiful AND intelligent women.