I’m enjoying seeing Olympians compete in Beijing. I’m not happy with the way the Chinese government has been conducting itself during the Games, particularly when it promised upon receiving the 2008 Games to adhere to international standards on human rights.

In short — as the Olympics progress, crackdowns on dissidents in China appear to actually be increasing, but authorities have only pretended to crack down on counterfeit goods, an “industry” that is booming with all of the Olympics tourist traffic.

Suppress human rights, suppress creators’ rights; obviously the first is more dire than the second, but neither are a positive reflection on a nation emerging as a world economic power.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 18th, 2008 at 5:03 pm by Patrick Ross and is filed under copyright law, international, piracy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.