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When did China start caring about intellectual property?
by lujim 10y ago
When did China start caring about intellectual property?
- duckfruit 10y agoWhen it started applying to Chinese companies
- chillacy 10y agoWhich seems to add evidence to the case: you care about IP when you have much to lose through copying, you disregard IP when you have much to gain by copying: https://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130228/01324622146/yes-us-industrial-revolution-was-built-piracy-fraud.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130228/0...
- dspillett 10y agoWhen not caring affects them negatively. China is not that different from the west in that respect in many cases. They are making massive strides in certain areas of renewable energy and other environmental issues because it started affecting the bottom line by a mix of costs to the economy (through public health issues and related) & international reputation (as far as that affects investment from outside) and uncertainty in the economy (due to predicted problems otherwise sourcing enough fossil fuels at reasonable cost in the not too distant future if things keep growing at the intended rate). Companies and governments care when it costs them not to.