| Sumario: | The writer argues that despite similarities in the Russian and Chinese development of copyright law, the two countries have received very different treatment from America when U.S. copyrights have been violated. After presenting the historical backgrounds to copyright development in Russia and China, she examines the U.S. responses to piracy. She indicates that the U.S. has adopted a far less aggressive approach toward Russia, while it has applied trade sanctions against China to force it to adopt stricter intellectual property laws. She notes that, in general, the U.S. appears to pursue different economic, political, and military goals with the two countries. She says that the U.S. seeks to keep up good relations with Russia to influence its policies of disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation.
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