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"[A]n effort to implement mercantilist economic strategies of technology transfer." This is an amazing euphemism.
by user982 9y ago
"[A]n effort to implement mercantilist economic strategies of technology transfer."
This is an amazing euphemism.
- slim 9y agoIt's not. Calling it theft when technology is transferred to China, is an exaggeration.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoIn the short term, it is called IP theft and is considered negative. In the long run, it is called the diffusion of technology and is considered positive.
- pmoriarty 9y agoNot everyone believes in intellectual property or in the notion that copying is theft.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoTrue. As a counterpoint, not everyone believes that technology diffusion is good and desirable.
- pmoriarty 9y agoGood for whom? The ones who already "own" most of the intellectual property? Or the ones who don't own it? Those who create it, those who distribute it, those who sell it, or those who consume it?
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoYes. Isn't good and bad usually relative to ones own interests?
- snambi 9y agoDefinitely theft.