Commentary: stop IP theft
To most people, piracy invokes the music recording industry, which has been decimated by illegal peer-to-peer file sharing. And counterfeiting conjures up images of the street vendor with impossibly cheap Rolexes or hit movies on DVD. But in our digital age, anyone who has a new invention, a creative idea or a technological breakthrough is at risk of a rip-off, whether it be in the automotive, entertainment, pharmaceutical, software or any other intellectual-property-dependent business sector.
By Bob Wright, Vice Chairman of General Electric
November 8, 2005