大众媒体和软件公司面临的主要问题之一是：数字时代使盗版行为发展到了泛滥的地步，威胁到了整个行业的生存和发展。这个问题在发展中国家特别严重。在这些地方，低成本带来的利益超过了人们对盗窃知识产权行为的关切。

ANCHOR
Now piracy of CDs, DVDs and software has reached rampant levels and nowhere more so than in Asia.

Well, tackling the problem is a key issue among business leaders and officials at the APEC Summit in Bangkok. Phil O’Sullivan takes a look at what’s being done.

CORRESPONDENT
There are prices that appear too good to be true, and they are. At a 75 percent discount to the genuine article, pirated CDs like these are the subject of intense discussion at the APEC Forum in Bangkok. And the shop owner knows it. But despite this shop shutting down, pirated items are still readily available.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE
I bought CDs, DVDs, VCDs and just like clothes, you know, T-shirts.

CORRESPONDENT
One of the main problems facing media and software companies is that the digital age has allowed piracy to flourish to the stage where whole industries are under threat. The problem is most severe in developing countries, where low cost overrides concerns about theft of intellectual property.
This APEC meeting is a chance for business leaders to rub shoulders with the leaders of countries. But for those whose businesses are threatened by piracy of music, movies and software, it’s a chance to push for tougher legislation to combat the problem.
One example is the licensing of machinery used to produce optical disks. These business leaders also want more education to show consumers that digital piracy is not just stealing from artists and the companies who pay them, but it also jeopardizes their own country’s economic growth.

CRAIG MUNDIE, MICROSOFT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
I think if we don’t get this to be treated more uniformly, you’ll gradually see a diminishment of R&D spending and with that a slowing in the rate of invention. And that won’t be good for any of the countries.

CORRESPONDENT
The United States top trade official sees new steps like licensing as an example of something concrete to emerge from APEC. But he has a warning to those countries not seen to be doing enough.

ROBERT B. ZOELLICK, U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
The people want the United States to keep its markets open for the growth in this region. And I certainly am one of those people who want to do that. We need to have some fair play and intellectual property protection as well.

CORRESPONDENT
New measures put in place in Bangkok go some way to countering digital piracy. But across the world, and in Asia in particular, so far, it’s a losing battle. Phil O’Sullivan, CNN, Bangkok.

注释：
1. rampant adj. 猖獗的v               2. tackle vt. 解决
3. intellectual property 知识产权     4. combat vt. 抗击
5. optical disk 光盘                  6. jeopardize v. 危害
7. counter vt. 反对；反击

主播
目前，CD、DVD和电脑软件的盗版行为已经到了非常猖獗的地步，尤其是在亚洲地区。

有关这个问题的对策是参加泰国曼谷APEC会议的商业巨头和政府官员们所讨论的主要议题。本台记者菲尔•奥苏历文就此进行了采访。

记者
这些光碟的价格便宜得让人难以相信，但事实就是如此。此类比正版光碟便宜75%的盗版光碟成为了曼谷APEC会议讨论的热门话题。这家音像店的老板也知道这一点。但就算这家商店被查封，盗版产品仍然随处可见。

男被访者
我买CD，DVD和VCD，像是买衣服一样，你知道，就像买T恤一样。

记者
大众媒体和软件公司面临的主要问题之一是：数字时代使盗版行为发展到了泛滥的地步，威胁到了整个行业的生存和发展。这个问题在发展中国家特别严重。在这些地方，低成本带来的利益超过了人们对盗窃知识产权行为的关切。

这次APEC会议给了商界领袖们与各国首脑近距离接触的机会，而对那些生意被盗版音乐、电影和软件所威胁的人来说，这也是一个推进更加严厉的司法体系以对抗盗版问题的机会。

其中一个例子就是为生产光碟的机器颁发许可证的制度。这些商界领袖还希望对广大消费者进行教育，让他们认识到盗版不仅是对艺术家和雇佣艺术家的企业的盗窃行为，同时会威胁到他们自己国家的经济发展。

克雷格•曼迪，微软首席副总裁
我认为如果我们不能以一致的态度对待盗版行为的话，相关行业对研究和开发的投资将会慢慢萎缩，创新的速度将会放缓，那对每个国家都是有害无益的事。

记者
美国高级贸易官员认为，像发放许可证这样的新举措说明APEC会议取得了实质性成果，但他也对那些似乎做得还不够的国家提出了警告。

罗勃特•B•泽里克，美国贸易代表
人们都希望美国保持市场开放，以确保这个地区的经济增长。我对此当然也持支持意见。我们需要公平交易，以及对知识产权提供的保护。

记者
在曼谷出台的新举措将被应用到对抗数字盗版行为的斗争中去。但纵观整个世界，特别是在亚洲国家，这仍然是一场正在走向失败的战斗。CNN菲尔•奥苏历文从曼谷报道。