Pirates of the Digital Millennium: How the Intellectual Property Wars Damage Our Personal Freedoms, Our Jobs, and the World Economy

Chapter 6. Global Fallout

	You must understand, copying is a sign of respect in China. I am trying to create a new understanding. I am always giving lectures to the entire college, trying to convince students that it is better to buy software even if it costs more. You see, we charge so much for software that we are punishing our children for getting an education.[1]
	--Sheen–Yan Torn, Vice Director, Intellectual Property Office, Taiwan

From Red Square you take the Zamoskvoretskaya (green) line of the Moscow subway from Teatrainaya and go north three stops to Savyolovskaya, just one stop outside the main metro ring around Moscow. Exiting here, you hop-step along with the fast-moving crowd toward the stairs. You see all manner of goods for sale: ...