Malaysia and China are world leaders
by Steve Parsons 
{ Feb 13th 2005 at 8:19AM }
...Though, sadly, it's in software piracy.
China only managed second place, where a staggering 90% of the software market is made up of pirated materials. So
China only gets the silver medal. Better luck next time.
What I find disturbing is the comment by ESA president Doug Lowenstein about how countries "skirt their global
obligations to protect intellectual property", followed by veiled threats.
In Canada, currently, downloading MP3's is legal, due to a levy we pay on all blank CD's. The point? Each country
deals with intellectual property rights their own way. No other country has the right to say "you have to do it this
way." I'm curious what the US can do to "crack down", since obviously they've achieved nothing so far.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mrnegative @ Dec 18th 2005 9:47PM
god bless this beautiful country called canada and it's realistic copyright laws
1st @ Dec 18th 2005 9:47PM
Don't forget about Israel, I'm sure we can make it top 3 if we just a bit harder:
http://www.lionetwork.net/
mas @ Dec 18th 2005 9:47PM
PROUD to be Malaysian....
ms @ Dec 18th 2005 9:47PM
PROUD to be Malaysian, you said???!
I am also from Malaysia but Sorry, I will not be proud to be a malaysian with it being called the world's piracy leader..No offence really;the source of piracy comes from the need for piracy...from who??the consumer of course..