http://www.music2dot0.com/archives/97 Exploring Chaos in Digital Music Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:32:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.music2dot0.com/archives/97#comment-3738 Music 2.0 - Exploring Chaos in Digital Music » Western Music Piracy in China - the Major Labels’ role Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:04:26 +0000 http://www.music2dot0.com/archives/97#comment-3738 [...] God’s Playing Field Yes, certainly piracy is now affecting the music industry dramatically in China but it is hypocritical for the IFPI to solely blame the Chinese for it as the major labels have to take some responsibility for its development too. Their strategy in China has been too narrowly focused on just legal and governmental actions. It’s all too easy to invoke WTO policies to beat China up, but one has to note that the WTO players can be likened to giants playing chess and trading bits of human livelihood like livestock as part of a gaming strategy for the greater good of their respective nations. WTO debates about morality and intellectual property are simply smoke screens for the preservation of profits of powerful lobby interest groups – see Antigua 1 vs USA 0. [...] […] God’s Playing Field Yes, certainly piracy is now affecting the music industry dramatically in China but it is hypocritical for the IFPI to solely blame the Chinese for it as the major labels have to take some responsibility for its development too. Their strategy in China has been too narrowly focused on just legal and governmental actions. It’s all too easy to invoke WTO policies to beat China up, but one has to note that the WTO players can be likened to giants playing chess and trading bits of human livelihood like livestock as part of a gaming strategy for the greater good of their respective nations. WTO debates about morality and intellectual property are simply smoke screens for the preservation of profits of powerful lobby interest groups – see Antigua 1 vs USA 0. […]

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