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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 660582, member: 19065&quot;]Just an fyi post for your consideration:</p><p><br /></p><p>I know this will introduce something a bit different from the topic solely addressing counterfeit coins and China, however I feel there are some underlying fundamentals between the current trade issues the US has with book, software and audio visual product piracy affecting international fair trade and the issues surrounding counterfeit coins in that nothing much is being done within China to stop or limit the fakes and to essentially protect the pirates, now it&#039;s affecting China domestically. </p><p><br /></p><p>There was news, just made public today, of the WTOs decision regarding the US&#039; complaint against Chinese trade restrictions and China&#039;s lack of self policing of pirated and counterfeit goods. </p><p><br /></p><p>Article: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aa1m1OCapeSQ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aa1m1OCapeSQ" rel="nofollow">WTO Says Chinese Curbs on Sale of U.S. Goods Unfair </a></p><p><br /></p><p>I thought this segment of the article was enlightening to the problem and that its yet essentially unresolved:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The ruling stops short of a clear-cut U.S. victory. Judges agreed with the Chinese argument that its criminal law was strong enough to deter piracy. The U.S. failed to convince the panel that thresholds for criminal prosecution of people pirating copyrighted goods are so high they effectively allow sales of illegal items on a commercial scale.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The case was one of two the U.S. lodged against China at the WTO in April 2007 aimed at stopping what it said is rampant piracy of copyrighted audiovisual products. The other complaint argued that Chinese law isn’t harsh enough on counterfeiting and sets too high a value on pirated movie and music discs before prosecuting violators. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interested to see what if anything changes in these matters or if it will trigger events across the board with reducing all the knock-offs and fake merchandise out there, coins and the stuff we see on eBay as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the intrusion, I hope this doesn&#039;t hijack the thread. Just seemed worth sharing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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