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When did China originally start disrespecting intellectual property? Or is it the case that they've never respected it? Do you know of a good resource to learn
by Arrezz 7y ago
When did China originally start disrespecting intellectual property? Or is it the case that they've never respected it? Do you know of a good resource to learn about the history of this topic?
- resters 7y agoDeveloping nations (as the US was in the past) typically do not care much about IP. Read "The Lever of Riches" for a history of economic growth and IP law.
- jhbadger 7y agoTraditionally nations only started respecting foreign intellectual property when they started to generate more IP that they wanted others to respect than they used from outside. For example, in the 19th century, the USA didn't respect British copyright. Charles Dickens was a very popular author in the USA, but he didn't get a cent from the sales of his books there. So he came over to the US a couple of times to give lectures in large auditoriums in major cities -- sort of like a rock star making money from touring rather than from album sales.
- xster 7y agoI think the reverse question is probably more appropriate. That derivative civilizations from the mediterranean maritime trading cultures have a higher geography driven disposition to sanctifying contractual agreements since that's how they subsisted life. This is not the case for self-sufficient continental cultures like agrarian China where equality of all men isn't how you get flood control and irrigation projects done and creativity and disrupting how seeds are planted isn't what keeps you alive.