(CIO INSIGHT) Oct 24, 2005 – If finding a software pirate is as simple as walking down the street and looking around for wheelbarrows, why is China—home of the largest authoritarian government on the planet—having problems catching these guys?
One reason could be that it’s arresting them that’s hard; it’s keeping them locked up that’s the problem.
Local bureaus of the AIC (Administration of Industry and Commerce) raid shops and prosecute commercial infractions.
But before they will act, complainants must prove that they specifically—and not a distant and often foreign software company— are entitled to relief.
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