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To: Amy J who wrote (18535)	3/13/2004 8:00:27 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

I believe laws should be enforced and do not think criminals should be encouraged. I agree, this is the problem dealing with a country which doesn't have a long history of protection of private property as we do. China will have to develop these laws and enforce them if they expect to participate in the world economy. Without these assurances more and more companies will refuse to do business with them. This is why countries where the government gets involved by placing these kinds of restrictions on outside companies, such as making it mandatory that they take on a native partner also have a long history of being technological backwaters. The laws bring about the opposite of their intent, instead of helping the native companies they stifle all economic activity. If you look at the poorest countries in Europe you will see they have a long history of doing this (some who were the worst offenders have abandoned the practice). IP theft should be criminalized. It is in most places. Unfortunately the laws that exist often come with little or no enforcement. China is notorious for IP theft even without the foreign company in residence.