Was just talking today about a friend with major ethics about digital rights and downloading who moved to China and found out about massive pirating abroad. This article points to the positives of web 2.0 in such a climate and how control of online content is more manageable with a web 2.0 mindset.
Web 2.0 madness grips China | CNET News.com
"Online gaming is a huge success. If you tired to sell a PlayStation 2, all the games would be pirated. With online gaming, you control things on the server side," said Ted Dean, managing director of BDA, a consulting firm specializing in Asia. "A pop star can make more money on a ring tone that China Mobile sells for 2RMB (about 26 cents) than a top 40 single because the CD is going to be copied." Posted by cmwillis at June 22, 2007 9:07 PM | TrackBack
I'd like to meet this high minded friend of yours. By the way, I just had to install a pirated, Chinese version of Windows to keep my entire computer from being destroyed by a virus. It's not that bad though, since I was just replacing the pirated, Chinese version of Windows that my school originally installed. Come to think of it, I've never actually seen a "real" version of Windows in Jingzhou. Who would buy it?
Posted by: Dale at June 22, 2007 10:50 PM