Copyright infringement in China? Who would have thought.
There's a very steep price to be paid for doing or not doing business in China. If you're in China and your product gets ripped off you have a slightly better chance of getting some cooperation from the local government officials. But, according to what I've read, it's only a slight increase. Also you do get access to that amazingly large population.
The drawback, of course, is all those difficult moral/PR issues that come with cooperating with a police state. Most businesses ignore those issue and focus on share-holder value. However, businesses are finding that the lack of a consistent and transparent legal system (to put it mildly) poses problems not just for China's citizenry.
Some countries have managed to have a working system of law for businesses but not for the common folk. China hasn't made it there.
Given how much it relies on volunteers and goodwill, Wikimedia faces a major problem if they start playing footsy with Beijing.
gettit
· 2 years ago
I still want to see what those grandstanding morons in Congress recommend you do when you get a subpoena in the US. Maybe only a moral pygmy (racism borrowed from Congress) would do it, but I think, in general, you are required to abide by the laws of the country in which you do business.
Man, Congress is pathetic.
jewellery
· 1 year ago
Personally, I don't think it's worth losing face at home for the sake of the Chinese market – regardless of how big it really is. When you get involved on that side, you get involved with politics whether you like it or not. It's not like in other parts of the world where politics and business are (generally) separate and can co-exist (I mean, there will never be a complete separation, especially because of economics, but generally it's 'free' enterprise in America.) Once you get involved with China, you involve yourself in politics by default. I don't think it's worth it. There's too much of a clash in ideals here to make it ever work seamlessly.
Fine art paintings
· 1 year ago
Those Chinese illegal operators are really annoying. I am glad that Yahoo was able to topple their group. Actually, we are currently policing our own campaigns from Chinese and Indian affiliates. Based on our records and researches, most frauds are from these groups. I wonder what can be done to eliminate these people ALL AT ONCE.
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There's a very steep price to be paid for doing or not doing business in China. If you're in China and your product gets ripped off you have a slightly better chance of getting some cooperation from the local government officials. But, according to what I've read, it's only a slight increase. Also you do get access to that amazingly large population.
The drawback, of course, is all those difficult moral/PR issues that come with cooperating with a police state. Most businesses ignore those issue and focus on share-holder value. However, businesses are finding that the lack of a consistent and transparent legal system (to put it mildly) poses problems not just for China's citizenry.
Some countries have managed to have a working system of law for businesses but not for the common folk. China hasn't made it there.
Given how much it relies on volunteers and goodwill, Wikimedia faces a major problem if they start playing footsy with Beijing.
Man, Congress is pathetic.