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China is setting an example here that intellectual property laws are to be taken seriously. It's not clear whether this particular case was intentional or not,
by nicodjimenez 7y ago
China is setting an example here that intellectual property laws are to be taken seriously. It's not clear whether this particular case was intentional or not, but in general greater IP protection in China is definitely a good thing.
- bovermyer 7y agoIf you think jailing someone for a mistake is a good thing, then you have some serious humanity issues that you need to work on.
- nicodjimenez 7y agoWell it all depends on severity of the mistake. If you run someone over with a car, even if it was an accident, ther need to be consequences.
- bovermyer 7y agoNo, it really doesn't. If you accidentally run someone over with a car, then there was definitely a failure of something, but it wasn't a moral failing. Punishment should never be used when correcting the underlying problem will have a more lasting positive impact. In the car example, what do you think would be better - jailing the person who drove the car, or developing systems to prevent future such accidents?
- Veen 7y agoYou can be sent to jail for a mistake if it was caused by negligence.
- penagwin 7y agoWell yeah obviously. The question is whether an individual should go to jail because of negligence. Obviously, there is a real "It depends". Hit and kill an individual with your car because you were distracted? That could mean jail. Accidentally pushed code to the wrong repo? Should that mean jail time?
- gnode 7y agoExcept they don't believe it was a mistake; they go as far as calling it "hacking". That the accused claims it was a mistake means little.
- sdinsn 7y agoDid you not read the article?
- nicodjimenez 7y agoI did read it, it just wasn’t clear to me if it really was just an accident.