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Is this ironic or what?
Today's LA Times has an article on an Asian fellow filing lawsuits against Karoke nightclubs in the US that play Chinese pop songs. Seems like few clubs are paying the license fees to this company (guy) who bought the US rights to these songs. He was seeking $25K/year from each establishment. Most aren't paying so he's trying to get city and county governments to shut them down.
The irony is the Chinese govt. doesn't recognize US intellectual property rights on its own soil, and in fact allows the manufacture and distribution of pirated videotapes, CDs, DVDs and books among other trademarks and copyrights.
Perhaps we should reciprocate with products and intellectual propertry from their country..... if only we could produce and sell them cheaper than they do.
I'm not xenophobic. I'm one of them (sorta).
Sherwood
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