Crime That Pays (and Pretty Well Too)

Case Analysis

汇报组：第六组 课程：国际商务
 目录
Contents Q1

答题人：美娜

Q2 Q3 Q4

答题人：纳迪
答题人：李生

PART 03
Q&A
PART 01
Case Background
Introduction
PART 02 答题人：傅安东
Case Questions
Q5
Answer
 Case Introduction
• Software technology has
been dogged by the
problem of digital piracy
• Intellectual property rights
• The rules against
software piracy is clear
(United States)
• Software(digital
product) are easy to
make copies
• Several parties(software
makers, industry
associations, and
governments) battle
piracy
美娜 案例背景
• Anticopying mechanism
• Distribution models and
technological protection
• Tougher IPR protection
• Pirates have found it easy
to crack licensing codes,
duplicate hologram etc,
and one step ahead of the
IP Police
• Organizations that have a
full supply chains
 Questions Answer 美娜 Q1 答案

Collectivism and individualism, democracy and totalitarianism, rule of law

Q1 and rule of man: What do these concepts say about the intellectual
property rights of software and the legitimacy of its protection?

Individualism Collectivism
Individualism refers to the primacy of the It refers to the primacy of the rights and role of
rights and the role of the individual. The the community.
United States is one country with the Government may intervene in certain issues
most pronounced individualistic related to business practices that benefit society.
orientation of all political systems.
Democracy Totalitarianism
A political system that relies on citizens’ In a totalitarian system, the interests of the
participation in the decision-making individual are based on the needs of the collective
process. group. All the power of the group is invested in one
individual who controls political, economic and
social activities.
Rule of Law
Rule of Man
The rule of law holds everyone
accountable for his/her actions The rule of man translates to the law as decided by
regardless of position within the group, the one person in charge of the group, community,
community, society or nation. society or nation regardless of fairness or justice.
 Questions Answer 美娜 Q1 答案

Collectivism and individualism, democracy and totalitarianism, rule of law

Q1 and rule of man: What do these concepts say about the intellectual
property rights of software and the legitimacy of its protection?

• In cultures that favor collectivism, • In cultures that favor individualism,

totalitarianism, and the rule of man, any
tangible or intangible creations are the
property of the individual running the
group.
• There are no real protections against
copyright infringement
• There is little or no protection offered to
intellectual property.
democracy, and the rule of law, protections
against the theft of property – real or
personal, are created and enforced.
• Intellectual property is protected under
copyright law and it is also protected by
transnational institutions that grant the
owner of a copyright.
 Questions Answer 李生 Q2 答案

What is the relationship among governments, institutions,

Q2 organizations, and companies in developing legal means to fight
software piracy?

Software makers, Governments ,Institutions Associations acting both singly

and jointly have successfully lobbied transnational institutes to help police piracy.

1 World Intellectual Property

Organization (WIPO) ,
2 Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

3 The industry associations have reinforced

their own programs and supported
governmental efforts,
 Questions Answer 李生 Q3 答案

Can the software industry control software piracy without government

Q3 help? Why would the software industry dislike greater government
regulation?

The government help in curbing software piracy , the software

industry have to join with government to control software piracy .

However, the software industry may dislike greater governmental

intervention in protection of software piracy as it sometimes
pressurizes :

1 Software inventory

2 To reduce the prices of their products

 Questions Answer 纳迪 Q4 答案

Q4 How do you think consumer in wealthier countries versus those in

poorer countries justify software piracy?

Wealthier Country Poorer Country

• Tend to receiving than making

• Making new Innovation and Invention
• Think that stealing somebody invention is a
crime
• The price is not a big problem
• Strong political and the legal system
• Understand the concept of intellectual
property rights
• Individualist
• It restricts the dispersal of new technologies
• It inflates the prices that poor nations pay for
products that are available only from wealthy
countries
• It inhibits economic development by
constraining the use of existing knowledge
• It is the only way to dealing with Monopolist
• Weak political and the legal system
• Low understanding to the concept of
intellectual property rights
• Collectivism
 Questions Answer 傅安东 Q5 答案

Can you envision a scenario where companies and consumers reach

Q5 a relationship that eliminates the profitability of piracy—whether it
is for software, music, movies and other digital products?

01 Not a simple issue

02 What is piracy and how

Sorry, I can’t : does it spread

03 How the negative impact of

piracy affects industries
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