How can they make these demands without fixing their own problems first? I just came back from New York, and I don't know how many times I was approached to purchase all kinds of bootleg / pirated goods.

I could have purchased any movie that was currently playing in the theater, coming out next week, or anything that had previously been released on DVD for $5 each. Music CD’s were going for $1. With the exception of movie titles that had yet to be released, you are looking at an average of $12 to $15 for a DVD in a store.

The pirated goods didn't stop with music and movies. They had Fendi, Gucci, Prada, Coach, and Louis Vuitton purses for $25. Aren't these good infringements in some way form or fashion?

One has to make sure their own house is in order before they criticize the house of their neighbor.

It's called passing the buck! Something that is done very well in DC. That buck usually lands in someone's hands who does not deserve it!

Chinese Pirates. The government needs to attack the source or at least crack down on it. the people in NY are small time. The rings in China are taking money out of Bush's corporations.

"The future of worldwide IP law will be dependent in no small part on the ability and willingness of Chinese officials to enforce it."

^looks like the future for piracy is looking pretty bright then.

every half a year or so the US makes some arrogant demand of china in terms of IP protection. and every half a year china laughs in our face and sends the message back having wiped their ass with it. china is a social country, they have way diferent views on copywrites, they actualy favor the people over coporations when it comes to piracy (GASP!). they make up for it by letting big buisness choke their air with polution.

Actually, the way China looks at things is, as long as their people have a job, whether it be in a factory making bootleg/pirated goods, they don't care. Awhile ago, I posted this Fortune magazine article about New Balance's struggles with a Chinese counterfeiter, that used to run one of New Balance's Chinese factories, before NB shut it down:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/f...75455/index.htm

SAD...

I went to school in Brooklyn and there was always a homeless man near Borough Hall that had a blanket on the ground with tons of pirated movies "factory sealed." Unless he's not really homeless, there is no way he could afford the equipment to burn and package and seal. The police would chat with him once in a while and then leave him alone. What they should do is give him some incentive to give up his supplier. I agree that we should take care of our own problems first.

The US government will not get China to fully give in all their details. The Chinese government i bet also makes money off the pirates.