The entire country needs to get rid of its culture of consequence-free intellectual theft if it wants to be taken seriously.
At best, global companies should be working with Chinese entrepreneurs on creating their own products and identities, and punish those who are too lazy to think of shit otherwise. The enthusiasm's clearly there; they did build the entire damn park after all.
Then again, let's face it: for us Westerners, it's funny as hell.
The administration might not, but go into any market and stare at the Mao-branded goods (I have a kickass Mao shirt I bought in Shanghai, it's awesome) and you'll be persuaded otherwise. He's a cult figure, like Che Guevara-branded everything.
Man, the Chinese must have one HUGE Xerox machine! :lol:
Actually, this reminds me of a story my dad told me about a guy who opened up a small park/playground here and called it "Abdullah Disney" because he thought "Disney" was the English word for a park!
I know that the RIAA has used some cruel tactics and I do have a problem with those but I find it hard to blame them for wanting to protect intellectual property. Music, Film, Television, etc is a business and that really sums it up.
Oh, don't mind epp_b, he's just had a hate-on for the idea of intellectual property lately. He doesn't think that photographs are property, either. :lol: