The following is roundup of recent articles regarding China's infringing ways - everyone always talks about it, but no one seems to do anything.

The Washington Times runs a UPI wirestory (Calls for Chinese Crackdown on Piracy):

However, Zimmerman [a lawyer who represents multinational companies on various issues and who is on the panel of arbitrators for the International Court of Arbitration] said part of the blame fell on the businesses because they were afraid to confront the Chinese government.

The US Chamber of Commerce has estimated US companies lose more than $200 billion in China each year because of sales of counterfeited and pirated goods.

But most US business groups "have been a little slow coming forward with the evidence" the United States needs to bring a WTO complaint against China for failing to enforce its intellectual property right laws, [US Deputy Secretary of State Robert] Zoellick said.

[Rep. Howard Berman, D-Van Nuys,] criticized the Bush administration for not having filed any WTO actions dealing with piracy against China. "That's billions of dollars in our economy."

The English-language People's Daily Online reports that China has approved new internet copyright regulations, probably in response to international criticism (China to Implement First Administrative Regulations on Internet Copyright Protections):

"China's present copyright laws haven't defined the responsibilities clearly to the Internet Service Providers (ISP) in copyright piracies, that's why we introduce the new regulations, " said Li Guobin, the official with the MII on Sunday. The measure, published on April 30, clarifies that websites providing pirated information should bear major responsibilities, and that ISPs who passively spread the information will be exempt from punishment.