| This report critiques literature discussing Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in China. It provides a framework for understanding the significance, and difficulty of curtailing software piracy in the Socialist country due to its unique social, political, economic, and legal environment. Thus, a contextual analysis is developed and compared to the U.S.;The analysis reveals that China suffers for normative dislocation, and extra-legal practices that are associated with its culture. It concludes that China is on the right track toward developing a strong anti-piracy regime, but requires more time, as well as economic, and legal assistance from developed states. Findings also reveal that IPRs cannot exist in the absence of strong enforcement mechanisms, and wide-spread collaboration among individuals and regimes that cooperate to better serve their own interest. |
