China Takes Action to Stop Software Counterfeiting

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The Chinese government has dealt a strong blow against intellectual property crime, penalizing counterfeiter Shang Yajun for copyright infringement and the sale of illegally manufactured registered trademarks. The 1st Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing upheld the Haidian District Court’s decision that sentenced Shang to seven years and six months imprisonment, representing the longest-ever criminal sentence in China for selling and distributing counterfeit software products.
 
Nice BMW X5... wait, that isn't an X5, it's a Chinese knock off. I know the article is about software counterfeiting, but the thread of counterfeiting applies to most everything in China; even the Chinese gov't does it. This "sting" operation is nothing more than a way to appease "westerners" and our various law enforcement agencies.

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How cute, China is taking a sacrificial lamb out to slaughter to make it look like they're doing something all the while nothing of significance gets done in the larger scope of things
 
sfsuphysics said:
How cute, China is taking a sacrificial lamb out to slaughter to make it look like they're doing something all the while nothing of significance gets done in the larger scope of things
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That's how most judicial systems work. Make an example out of someone to show you are "doing" something.
 
Steve said:
The Chinese government has dealt a strong blow against intellectual property crime, penalizing counterfeiter Shang Yajun for copyright infringement and the sale of illegally manufactured registered trademarks. The 1st Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing upheld the Haidian District Court’s decision that sentenced Shang to seven years and six months imprisonment, representing the longest-ever criminal sentence in China for selling and distributing counterfeit software products.
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So it wasn't because of Microsoft, they went after him for the 360,000 other counterfeit products that are probably Chinese company property, and then discovered all the M$ stuff in the back.
 
awsiemieniec said:
Nice BMW X5... wait, that isn't an X5, it's a Chinese knock off. I know the article is about software counterfeiting, but the thread of counterfeiting applies to most everything in China; even the Chinese gov't does it. This "sting" operation is nothing more than a way to appease "westerners" and our various law enforcement agencies.

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No, Chinese government ruled it looked nothing like the X5 in any shape or form (even though it does).
 
Damn. China gets a little US money (ok, a shitload of US money) under it's belt and breaks all RIAA bad on itself. How charming.
 
TechLarry said:
Damn. China gets a little US money (ok, a shitload of US money) under it's belt and breaks all RIAA bad on itself. How charming.
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SELLING counterfeit products is a lot worse than just downloading software or movies for free.
 
sfsuphysics said:
How cute, China is taking a sacrificial lamb out to slaughter to make it look like they're doing something all the while nothing of significance gets done in the larger scope of things
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only because they didnt get a bigger share or some other dude paid a bit more money. :D

Prolly this person going to prison aint the real dude.
 
My dad does engineering work for a company that builds and designs cranes. They got a job over in China where the Chinese company needed 3 cranes. The Chinese asked them to only build one crane, and they would just copy it and build the other 2. They also wanted to use Chinese steel as opposed to US steel.

Major headache doing business in China.
 
ItsVictorB said:
My dad does engineering work for a company that builds and designs cranes. They got a job over in China where the Chinese company needed 3 cranes. The Chinese asked them to only build one crane, and they would just copy it and build the other 2. They also wanted to use Chinese steel as opposed to US steel.

Major headache doing business in China.
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While I agree with you, I'd also like to see some more protectionist measure in the U.S.
The Chinese do damn near everything they can to keep their own economy moving. While I do not agree with many of the measures they use to accomplish this, some have merit.
 
But then again, I know they do do some crackdowns on pirate stores in China. So many people I know in China uses a lot of counterfeit software. Going to take a looong way, but glad to hear them finally doing something. / 2 cents
 
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