BUSINESS: "An assault on online piracy in China: Public morals and private property; Chinese websites come to the defence of Western intellectual property," The Economist< 26 September 2009.
A lot of Western media content can't be found in Chinese theaters and TVs, but it can be easily located on Chinese websites.
Here's the trick:
Because foreign entertainment companies cannot sell their products in China, they cannot claim damages from pirates.
Now, Chinese web-site litigants are working with Western interests to sue Chinese sites that are stealing both eyeballs (from their Chinese competitors) and content (from the West).
Count on greed, baby!
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