Taiwan’s IPR Efforts 保护知识产权台湾尽力
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- 创建于 2004年1月12日
- 最后更新于 2024年5月25日
- 发布于 2011年6月16日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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课文讲解
Mickey, an American journalist writing a story about intellectual property (IP) protection in Taiwan, visits a night market with Ling, a police officer assigned to piracy cases: 因为撰写台湾进行保护知识产权的文章，美国记者米奇来到台湾，与负责取缔盗版案件的凌警官共同走访一处夜市：
M: Hey, I like your T-shirt: “Anti-Piracy Project No. 2, 2003.”
嘿，我喜欢你的T恤上面印的「2003反盗版第2炮」。
L: Oh, thanks. We’re very proud of our results in the department. Between July 8 and 11, we seized NT$379 million in pirated goods.
噢，多谢。对于查缉结果我们局里也很感到自豪。从7月8日到11日，我们逮到的盗版品金额就有新台币3亿7千9百万之多。
M: Yo, ho, ho! Aside from our interview, the reason I wanted to come here tonight is to pick up some cheap software and VCDs.
哟，呵，呵！除了为新闻专访，我今天晚上来这儿的理由也要买一些便宜的软件和VCD。
L: Well, that’s not going to be as easy as it used to be. Pirated optical audiovisual disks account for NT$60 million of the stuff we seized.
那个嘛，现在要比以前难得多。我们捉的盗版品里光盘片就占了六千万。
M: Hmm, I do see considerably fewer CD-ROMs and VCDs tonight. But is confiscation really a deterrent to piracy?
嗯，今天晚上我见到的计算机光盘和VCD片子的确比较少。不过光是没收就能制止盗版了吗？
L: It’s a start. First, we need to get out there and gather the evidence, then we can build a case. Once we’ve got that, we can enforce penalties.
至少是个开始。首先，我们必须到达现场搜集证据，然后案子才能成立。一旦案子成立，我们就能依法惩处。
M: And what are the punishments? A slap on the wrist?
处罚条例的内容是什么？只是很轻微的处罚吗？
L: Things really are becoming stricter. In the first half of 2003, the number of persons found guilty of IP infringement and sentenced to prison for six months to one year increased by 57 percent.
处罚现在严厉得多了。2003上半年因侵犯知识产权判定有罪、而被判刑半年到一年人数就增加了百分之五十七。
M: Impressive. Let’s sit down for some shaved ice and do the interview.
是很惊人。让我们坐下来叫一碗刨冰，开始进行访问吧。
Vocabulary
单词发音
piracy [ˋpaɪrəsɪ] n. 非法翻印〔书籍等〕; 非法翻录〔磁带﹑录像带等〕﹐盗版
seize [siz] v. 没收；扣押；查封
aside from 除此之外
pick up 发现，找到
audiovisual [ˋɔdɪoˋvɪʒʊəl] adj. 视听的
account for（在数量、比例上）占
considerably [kənˋsɪdərəblɪ] adv. 相当，非常，颇
confiscation [͵kɑnfɪsˋkeʃən] n. 没收，充公
deterrent [dɪˋtɝrənt] n. 威慑物﹐ 威慑力量
penalty [ˋpɛn!tɪ] n. 罚款
slap on the wrist 轻微地处罚, 轻描淡写地责骂 to get a light punishment (for doing something wrong)
infringement [ɪnˋfrɪndʒmənt] n. 侵权
Sentence of the Day
Piracy is a fool’s paradise.
盗版只是追求傻瓜的快乐。
fool’s paradise 虚幻的乐境; 黄粱美梦
课文讲解
Ling and Mickey get a table in a crowded ice shop to discuss anti-piracy crackdowns. 凌警官和米奇在一间挤满客人的冰店里找了张桌子，开始讨论反盗版的取缔措施：
L: Aren’t you glad shaved ice is something that can’t be pirated?
你难道不感觉高兴吗？这刨冰可是独一无二、没办法被盗版。
M: You’d better believe it! Otherwise, my favorite dessert would be with all that other stuff you seized. So, what other pirated goods were netted in the raids?
如此最好！否则我最喜欢的甜点也会变成你们的没收货。究竟你们出击还没收一些什么其他的东西？
L: Counterfeit handbags, clothing, watches, cell phone covers, fountain pens, glasses, game software, and fake Long Life cigarettes.
仿造的手提袋、衣服、手表、手机面板、签字笔、眼镜、计算机游戏、和假的长寿牌香烟。
M: I love that name. What a great example of irony. Anyway, I’ve got some questions about the revised Copyright Act. It says here that the manufacture and sale of pirated optical disks is now a public prosecution offense. What does that mean?
我喜欢这个名字，真是相当讽刺。不过我对于修正过的著作权法有一些问题要请教。它说无论制造或销售盗版光盘现在都是公诉罪。这是什么意思？
L: In the coming months, prosecutorial, police, and investigative authorities will be able to act on their own initiative in IP infringement cases.
以后检调单位和警方遇到有关知识产权的侵权案件时就能主动侦办。
M: In other words, less red tape?
也就是说，手续简化了？
L: Exactly. Officials will be freer to act. Also, random night market raids will continue.
没错。业务相关人员可以放手去做。而且夜市的突击检查也会持续地进行下去。
M: Well, with increased penalties and accelerated investigations, the situation looks promising. I understand a later raid in August of this year showed a significant decrease in piracy.
是呀，加重处罚、再加上快速调查，前景看似相当不错。据我了解后来在今年八月的一场突袭可以看出盗版情况已经大幅下降了。
L: It sure did: both in the number of cases and the value of seized goods. Hey, let’s go browse. This ice is on me, but no bootlegs for you!
的确，无论案件数目或没收的货物价值两方面都如此。嘿，让我们去瞧瞧。这冰钱算我的帐，但是请不要买盗版私货。
－by Brian Greene
Vocabulary
单词发音
crackdown 取缔; 制裁; 镇压
net [nɛt] v. 捕获
raid [red] n.（警察等的）突然查抄，搜捕
counterfeit [ˋkaʊntɚ͵fɪt] adj. 伪造的；假冒的
prosecution [͵prɑsɪˋkjuʃən] n. 起诉，告发
prosecutorial [prɑsɪkjuˋtorɪəl] adj. 起诉的
initiative [ɪˋnɪʃətɪv] n. 主动权
red tape 繁文缛节
bootleg [ˋbutlɛg] n.（尤指在音乐会上录制的）私制唱片
Sentence of the Day
The long arm of the law is reaching out.
警方劲发，无远弗届。