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U.S. may file a complaint with WTO on China 'piracy'
By Mark Drajem and Li Yanping Bloomberg NewsPublished: April 6, 2007
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WASHINGTON: The United States may file a complaint at the World Trade Organization as early as next week over what it calls China's piracy of copyrighted movies and books, according to four people briefed by the Bush administration.
Officials have prepared two cases, one saying China sets too high a value on pirated movie or music disks before prosecuting violators, and another objecting to restrictions on the sale of foreign books and movies in the country, they said. The people, three industry officials and one lawyer, spoke on condition they not be identified.
China's illegal copying of movies, music and software cost companies $2.2 billion in 2006 sales, according to an estimate by lobby groups representing Microsoft, Walt Disney, and Vivendi. The WTO complaints would be the first by the U.S. against China for breaching intellectual property rights, in a country where copying has extended to bags, golf clubs and even shampoo.
"The U.S. believes that now it's time to put more pressure" on China, five years after the country became a WTO member, a Standard Chartered economist, Stephen Green in Shanghai, said Friday. "The U.S. believes that China has clearly infringed rules that it agreed to play by," prompting the action.
China's 2006 trade surplus against the U.S. widened to a record $232.5 billion, prompting U.S. lawmakers to blame the yuan's value and China's piracy of patented goods for the gap.
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In a letter to President George W. Bush in October, Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and other lawmakers said that "no country in the world has done more to undermine American intellectual property than China."
Sean Spicer, a spokesman for the U.S. trade representative's office in Washington, declined to comment.
U.S. complaints were imminent, the U.S. trade representative, Susan Schwab, said Feb. 22. "We're all going to run out of patience at some point, and that's going to be sooner rather than later," she said.
Last month, the Bush administration decided to levy duties on imports of coated paper from China to compensate for Chinese subsidies to exporters.
Under WTO procedures, the United States will formally ask for consultations with China when it files its complaints. Only after 60 days can it ask for an independent panel to adjudicate the dispute.
"China has continued to demonstrate little success in actually enforcing its laws and regulations in the face of the challenges created by widespread counterfeiting, piracy and other forms of infringement," the U.S. trade agency said in a report this past week. "One major factor is China's chronic underutilization of deterrent criminal remedies."
The U.S. plan may not escalate into a formal complaint, said Li Yushi, deputy director of the Chinese Commerce Ministry's research institute.
"This is just another turn of focus by the U.S. government in dealing with its widening trade deficit with China," Li said Friday in Beijing. "The administration understands that China has made efforts in IPR protection, as well as our limitations in enforcing the effort," he said, referring to intellectual property rights.
Pirated DVDs, including the Oscar-winning movie "The Departed," still sell for less than $1 on the streets of Chinese cities including Beijing and Shanghai.
"It's all about the economics of movies," said Liu Ping, who sells pirated DVDs including "The Departed" and "300" for as little as 5 yuan, or 65 cents, at the Wangfujing subway station in Beijing. "No one wants to pay 60 yuan for a movie when they can watch a DVD for 5 yuan."
A reason for piracy could be the limits placed on U.S. publishers and movie companies. Overseas publishers are only allowed to sell non-Chinese books, magazines and newspapers through five-star hotels while movie studios can only show a limited number of overseas films every year in China.
"IPR is critical to the U.S. because it is a tool by which it can control technology and industries around the world," said Guan Anping, managing partner of Beijing-based corporate law firm Anping & Partners. "It's a powerful tool to control nations like China, which are dependent on low-cost manufacturing."
The Bush administration may still adjust or delay the complaints to account for new announcements from China. Twice in the past year, the U.S. was poised to file a complaint only to delay at the last moment.
Li Yanping reported from Beijing.
By Mark Drajem and Li Yanping Bloomberg NewsPublished: April 6, 2007
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WASHINGTON: The United States may file a complaint at the World Trade Organization as early as next week over what it calls China's piracy of copyrighted movies and books, according to four people briefed by the Bush administration.
Officials have prepared two cases, one saying China sets too high a value on pirated movie or music disks before prosecuting violators, and another objecting to restrictions on the sale of foreign books and movies in the country, they said. The people, three industry officials and one lawyer, spoke on condition they not be identified.
China's illegal copying of movies, music and software cost companies $2.2 billion in 2006 sales, according to an estimate by lobby groups representing Microsoft, Walt Disney, and Vivendi. The WTO complaints would be the first by the U.S. against China for breaching intellectual property rights, in a country where copying has extended to bags, golf clubs and even shampoo.
"The U.S. believes that now it's time to put more pressure" on China, five years after the country became a WTO member, a Standard Chartered economist, Stephen Green in Shanghai, said Friday. "The U.S. believes that China has clearly infringed rules that it agreed to play by," prompting the action.
China's 2006 trade surplus against the U.S. widened to a record $232.5 billion, prompting U.S. lawmakers to blame the yuan's value and China's piracy of patented goods for the gap.
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In a letter to President George W. Bush in October, Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and other lawmakers said that "no country in the world has done more to undermine American intellectual property than China."
Sean Spicer, a spokesman for the U.S. trade representative's office in Washington, declined to comment.
U.S. complaints were imminent, the U.S. trade representative, Susan Schwab, said Feb. 22. "We're all going to run out of patience at some point, and that's going to be sooner rather than later," she said.
Last month, the Bush administration decided to levy duties on imports of coated paper from China to compensate for Chinese subsidies to exporters.
Under WTO procedures, the United States will formally ask for consultations with China when it files its complaints. Only after 60 days can it ask for an independent panel to adjudicate the dispute.
"China has continued to demonstrate little success in actually enforcing its laws and regulations in the face of the challenges created by widespread counterfeiting, piracy and other forms of infringement," the U.S. trade agency said in a report this past week. "One major factor is China's chronic underutilization of deterrent criminal remedies."
The U.S. plan may not escalate into a formal complaint, said Li Yushi, deputy director of the Chinese Commerce Ministry's research institute.
"This is just another turn of focus by the U.S. government in dealing with its widening trade deficit with China," Li said Friday in Beijing. "The administration understands that China has made efforts in IPR protection, as well as our limitations in enforcing the effort," he said, referring to intellectual property rights.
Pirated DVDs, including the Oscar-winning movie "The Departed," still sell for less than $1 on the streets of Chinese cities including Beijing and Shanghai.
"It's all about the economics of movies," said Liu Ping, who sells pirated DVDs including "The Departed" and "300" for as little as 5 yuan, or 65 cents, at the Wangfujing subway station in Beijing. "No one wants to pay 60 yuan for a movie when they can watch a DVD for 5 yuan."
A reason for piracy could be the limits placed on U.S. publishers and movie companies. Overseas publishers are only allowed to sell non-Chinese books, magazines and newspapers through five-star hotels while movie studios can only show a limited number of overseas films every year in China.
"IPR is critical to the U.S. because it is a tool by which it can control technology and industries around the world," said Guan Anping, managing partner of Beijing-based corporate law firm Anping & Partners. "It's a powerful tool to control nations like China, which are dependent on low-cost manufacturing."
The Bush administration may still adjust or delay the complaints to account for new announcements from China. Twice in the past year, the U.S. was poised to file a complaint only to delay at the last moment.
Li Yanping reported from Beijing.
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India ranks second in piracy growth among the top 25 countries
Jeffrey J Hardee, vice president & regional director, Asia, Business Software Alliance shares his views about the impact of software piracy and his game plan for the Indian market with Gaurav Patra
Whats the objective of Business Software Alliance (BSA)?
BSA works with different organisations across the globe to promote growth in the software industry. It is an interface between software developers in the international marketplace and their respective governments and consumers. We work with other industry associations, including the International Property Alliance, MPA and other local software associations. Today, one of the major constraints in the software industry is piracy. BSA was formed with the aim of protection and promotion of the software industry. The basic aim of BSA is to educate people on the effects of piracy on the IT industry.
Whats the driving force behind BSA?
We believe in and advocate the cause of a piracy-free software industry as there are huge financial ramifications to the world economy in its absence. Pirated software directly affects developers, who cannot recover their research and development costs and are thus unable to fund new projects. It also adversely affects support providers, who lose on opportunities because fewer legitimate sales means fewer users entitled to legal support. Piracy also affects resellers. They lose out on employment opportunities due to decrease in legitimate sales. And, end-users forfeit their right to support documentation, warranties and periodic updates. This is the understanding that remains the driving force behind BSA.
Who is BSA's target audience?
We target government, industry associations, IT professionals, IT educational institutions, SMEs, trade channels, grey market operators, media and any other user of software applications. We want to increase awareness on the negative impact of software piracy.
Globally, what's the rate of software piracy?
According to the BSA Annual Global Piracy report for the year 2001, the software piracy rates worldwide stood at 40 percent. This implies that four out of every 10 software programs worldwide are being pirated. And this translates into losses of $10.97 billion. As far as piracy rates in different countries are concerned; in the US it is 25 percent, in Asia Pacific 54 percent, Japan 27 percent, Korea 48 percent and China 92 percent. And dollar losses in Asia Pacific alone amounted to $4.8 billion in 2001. Regions having higher piracy rates are Eastern Europe and Africa.
Whats your perception about the level of piracy in India?
India is a huge country and a large number of users here are using pirated software. India is ranked at 23 in the list of 25 countries that lead the world in software piracy. However, in terms of piracy growth it is ranked second among the top 25 countries. The piracy rate in India shot up to 70 percent in 2001 from 63 percent in 2000. And this translated into revenue loss of $3,65,318 in 2001.
Whats BSAs gameplan to lower the rate of software piracy in India?
In India, we have tied up with Nasscom to stunt the effect of piracy on the development of the Indian economy and the IT industry as a whole. We have formulated an anti-piracy campaign in India based on the three pillarsawareness, policy and enforcement. The awareness pillar supports efforts for education of the general public on proper software usage and the legal and economic implications of using pirated software. It consists of endorsement, education and thought leadership. The second pillar is policy, which comprises building mutually beneficial relationships with governments, Nasscom and other industry associations like CII, FICCI and MAIT, with an aim of strengthening copyright laws to include software protection and increase penalties for infringement, thereby encouraging tighter law enforcement efforts by relevant authorities. The third is the enforcement pillar. This is all about legal action against those engaged in pirating and counterfeiting software. Some of the initiatives taken by BSA in this field include the recently introduced hotline number, rewards and assistance to the police in criminal raids.
http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20030303/opinion2.shtml
Jeffrey J Hardee, vice president & regional director, Asia, Business Software Alliance shares his views about the impact of software piracy and his game plan for the Indian market with Gaurav Patra
Whats the objective of Business Software Alliance (BSA)?
BSA works with different organisations across the globe to promote growth in the software industry. It is an interface between software developers in the international marketplace and their respective governments and consumers. We work with other industry associations, including the International Property Alliance, MPA and other local software associations. Today, one of the major constraints in the software industry is piracy. BSA was formed with the aim of protection and promotion of the software industry. The basic aim of BSA is to educate people on the effects of piracy on the IT industry.
Whats the driving force behind BSA?
We believe in and advocate the cause of a piracy-free software industry as there are huge financial ramifications to the world economy in its absence. Pirated software directly affects developers, who cannot recover their research and development costs and are thus unable to fund new projects. It also adversely affects support providers, who lose on opportunities because fewer legitimate sales means fewer users entitled to legal support. Piracy also affects resellers. They lose out on employment opportunities due to decrease in legitimate sales. And, end-users forfeit their right to support documentation, warranties and periodic updates. This is the understanding that remains the driving force behind BSA.
Who is BSA's target audience?
We target government, industry associations, IT professionals, IT educational institutions, SMEs, trade channels, grey market operators, media and any other user of software applications. We want to increase awareness on the negative impact of software piracy.
Globally, what's the rate of software piracy?
According to the BSA Annual Global Piracy report for the year 2001, the software piracy rates worldwide stood at 40 percent. This implies that four out of every 10 software programs worldwide are being pirated. And this translates into losses of $10.97 billion. As far as piracy rates in different countries are concerned; in the US it is 25 percent, in Asia Pacific 54 percent, Japan 27 percent, Korea 48 percent and China 92 percent. And dollar losses in Asia Pacific alone amounted to $4.8 billion in 2001. Regions having higher piracy rates are Eastern Europe and Africa.
Whats your perception about the level of piracy in India?
India is a huge country and a large number of users here are using pirated software. India is ranked at 23 in the list of 25 countries that lead the world in software piracy. However, in terms of piracy growth it is ranked second among the top 25 countries. The piracy rate in India shot up to 70 percent in 2001 from 63 percent in 2000. And this translated into revenue loss of $3,65,318 in 2001.
Whats BSAs gameplan to lower the rate of software piracy in India?
In India, we have tied up with Nasscom to stunt the effect of piracy on the development of the Indian economy and the IT industry as a whole. We have formulated an anti-piracy campaign in India based on the three pillarsawareness, policy and enforcement. The awareness pillar supports efforts for education of the general public on proper software usage and the legal and economic implications of using pirated software. It consists of endorsement, education and thought leadership. The second pillar is policy, which comprises building mutually beneficial relationships with governments, Nasscom and other industry associations like CII, FICCI and MAIT, with an aim of strengthening copyright laws to include software protection and increase penalties for infringement, thereby encouraging tighter law enforcement efforts by relevant authorities. The third is the enforcement pillar. This is all about legal action against those engaged in pirating and counterfeiting software. Some of the initiatives taken by BSA in this field include the recently introduced hotline number, rewards and assistance to the police in criminal raids.
http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20030303/opinion2.shtml
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