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The question isn't whether cloning is bad for Businesses. Businesses are here to serve people, not the other way around.And they carry risks. The question is w

by petra 10y ago

The question isn't whether cloning is bad for Businesses. Businesses are here to serve people, not the other way around.And they carry risks. The question is whether cloning and weak IP protection is good for people, everywhere, including people of China. And i don't think there's an easy answer to that one.

rebootthesystem 10y ago
The answer is very, very simple once you've taken a loan out on your family home to finance the development of a product that is then stolen. Everything is academic and sterile from almost any other perspective. Government sponsored theft --which is what's happening in China-- is a massive destructive force. It is good in China because it brings in billions of dollars from all around the globe. That's why the Chinese government doesn't do a thing about it. They "sponsor" it do the extent that inaction becomes indistinguishable from sponsorship.
- Qwertious 10y ago
  And what about when you've taken a loan out on your family home to finance the development of a product, but are then ruined by the incumbent oligopoly's abuse of their patent monopoly to put your prices through the roof and never improve their products? I can write emotionally-charged anecdotes too, see. The question is whether the benefits outweigh the negatives. Everything is exaggerated, politicized bullshit from almost any other perspective.
  - rebootthesystem 10y ago
    Not my fault if you can't see the difference. I have competed with multi-billion dollar multinationals from my garage with 0.001% of their budget on hand. Does bad shit happen? Sure. The topic you seem to want to discuss is valid and should be discussed. Stop trying to make it equivalent to IP theft and cloning from China. Two very different things. If you can understand the differences then there's a conversation to be had.

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The question isn't whether cloning is bad for Businesses. Businesses are here to serve people, not the other way around.And they carry risks. The question is w

by petra 10y ago

rebootthesystem 10y ago
The answer is very, very simple once you've taken a loan out on your family home to finance the development of a product that is then stolen. Everything is academic and sterile from almost any other perspective. Government sponsored theft --which is what's happening in China-- is a massive destructive force. It is good in China because it brings in billions of dollars from all around the globe. That's why the Chinese government doesn't do a thing about it. They "sponsor" it do the extent that inaction becomes indistinguishable from sponsorship.
- Qwertious 10y ago
  And what about when you've taken a loan out on your family home to finance the development of a product, but are then ruined by the incumbent oligopoly's abuse of their patent monopoly to put your prices through the roof and never improve their products? I can write emotionally-charged anecdotes too, see. The question is whether the benefits outweigh the negatives. Everything is exaggerated, politicized bullshit from almost any other perspective.
  - rebootthesystem 10y ago
    Not my fault if you can't see the difference. I have competed with multi-billion dollar multinationals from my garage with 0.001% of their budget on hand. Does bad shit happen? Sure. The topic you seem to want to discuss is valid and should be discussed. Stop trying to make it equivalent to IP theft and cloning from China. Two very different things. If you can understand the differences then there's a conversation to be had.