Comments on: Follow-Up: China’s KFC/McDonald’s Rip-Off & Anime Copyright Violations

By: Please understand...

Please understand... — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:28:04 +0000

While I have no love for Big Media overcharging and shoving DRM down our throats or extorting compensation money from schoolkids/grannies….

…We must understand this: commie dogs do not respect Intellectual Property, because it is against their fundamental philosophy. Shared property for all.

A commie dog is still a commie dog; wearing business suits instead of Mao suits does not negate this. An open economy does not negate this. Skyscrapers and highways in major cities do not negate this. Hosting the Olympics does not negate this.

In the case of China, it pretends to be ‘capitalist’ or ‘opening up’, but it inevitably shows its true colors from time to time in certain ways such as censorship, repressing its own people and blatant copyright defiance as mentioned in the video. Old habits die hard.

By: Abdulla

Abdulla — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:53:29 +0000

Honestly, I read there are copyrights violations in China but never expected them to the level as that infamous Disneyland of Shijinkshan amusement park to this.

Besides copyright violation;pirated Chinese products main attractive point is that it is cheap compared to the original product; but if you look at the safety, product quality you will find them very poor. Unfortunately if people only care about price point, they certainly put their lives and money at risk.

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Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:48:11 +0000

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Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:26:06 +0000

By: Zaciroth

Zaciroth — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:38:22 +0000

weather its legal or not….its still just a HUGE RIP….oh and the anime might not all be licensed there (yuuyuu hakusho is however) but DISNEY IS licensed there.

By: Lone

Lone — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:26:33 +0000

Ah China, the land of a thousand copies. Itd be interesting to see what would develop if the Chinese entertainment industry, at least in this respect, was on the same track to unique creation and development that the electronics or auto industry is.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:45:15 +0000

If the characters aren’t licensed in China, then isn’t it legal (in China)? Japan has a very large intellectual-property sesational journalism interest. I saw another one about products in Korea that resemble Japanese products. When you have to buy a bottle of Japanese royal milk tea for $2.50 in Korea, and you can get the same drink from a Korean imitation brand fpr $1.00, it doesn’t take a genius to see why the imitation brands are thriving.

By: who?

who? — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:46:21 +0000

the burgers are made of cardboard!

By: Phill

Phill — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:07:34 +0000

Pucca is a Korean character.

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straydog scraps » Scraps And Morsels 20071006 — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:32:10 +0000

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By: Marina liteyears

Marina liteyears — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:09:38 +0000

Don’t they have their own cartoon characters?I think Pucca is a chinese character.

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