Piracy

Briefs, February 7, 2013

7 Feb 2013

A Pablo Picasso portrait of his mistress and muse Marie-Therese Walter titled Femme assise pres d'une fenetre (Woman sitting near a window) sold for £28.6 million (HK$347.25 million) at a Sotheby'...

French tanker hijacked off Ivory Coast; 17 held

5 Feb 2013

Pirates hijacked a French-owned fuel tanker off Ivory Coast, abducting 17 sailors in the latest attack by criminal gangs targeting the ships to steal their valuable cargo, officials said on Monday...

Chinese man guilty of US$100m software piracy

9 Jan 2013

A Chinese man pleaded guilty in a US federal court to pirating software that investigators said was worth more than US$100 million, the US said on Tuesday.

Chongqing architect accused of copying Zaha Hadid's Beijing building

4 Jan 2013

Already famed for fake designer bags and pirated DVDs, imitation in China may have reached new heights with a set of towers that strongly resemble ones designed by renowned architect Zaha Hadid....

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China promises to crack down on pirated software

20 Dec 2012

China on Wednesday promised the United States that it would crack down on pirated software as the world’s two largest economies looked to ease trade frictions amid political changes.

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Vietnam arrests 11 on hijacked Malaysian ship

Vietnamese authorities arrested 11 suspected pirates aboard a chemical tanker after the first such hijacking in the waters around Malaysia in years, the International Maritime Bureau said on...

Customs criticised for pursuit of outdated CD and VCD piracy

Despite a plunge in the number of factories making optical CD or VCD discs, the customs department is maintaining the fight against piracy in this declining medium, according to the Audit...

VIETNAM

In Vietnam, US adopts friendly approach to web pirates

It's a wildly popular website laden with unlicensed songs and Hollywood movies, a prime exhibit of the digital piracy that is strangling the music industry in Asia and eroding legitimate online...

Briefs, October 23, 2012

Lawmakers in Okinawa air 'indignation' at rape

TRADE

State Department has 'real concerns' over Sino-US commercial ties

A senior US official yesterday expressed confidence in enhanced Sino-US economic co-operation after next month's presidential election but warned of "real concerns" from Washington over a host of...