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Maybe if China played by the rules, and did something about ip theft...
by Pigo 7y ago
Maybe if China played by the rules, and did something about ip theft...
- WhompingWindows 7y agoChina IS doing something about industrial espionage: they're supporting and encouraging it. This isn't dissimilar from what all the Western economies did with industrial espionage during the 1800's. In Rhode Island, we have the first mill in the US, known as Slater Mill, which was created by an industrial spy who stole secrets from England. The English were ahead in industry for textiles, coal mining, steam engines, steel, railroads, and all the other Europeans and Americans sent spies there to "tour" the factories or "apprentice" only to disappear just in time. So, we shouldn't forget history and be shocked that the US is having its economic secrets stolen, as that's happened numerous times in the past.
- nyolfen 7y agono one is acting surprised, they’re acting upset, and rightly
- AlexandrB 7y agoI really hope they don't. Western IP laws have become suffocating to innovation (life of author +70 years copyright, software patents), and need to be weakened. Perhaps if China is successful with weaker IP laws it will get some politicians off their ass on the issue.
- nyolfen 7y agoi would settle for not having our businesses hacked by their state
- triceratops 7y agoHow is theft of trade secrets going to undermine draconian copyright laws? Two wrongs don't make a right.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoTwo almost completely unrelated wrongs don't make anything.
- triceratops 7y agoTrade secrets and copyright are both types of intellectual property. They aren't unrelated.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoWell, they're both lumped into this bucket called "intellectual property". Indy cars and unicycles are both vehicles, too. They share the property of having wheels. That doesn't make them particularly related. The laws for copyright and for trade secrets are quite different. In fact, when someone talks about "intellectual property" rather than about one of the specific kinds (patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets), they often wind up reaching wrong conclusions. They try to apply concepts from one kind of IP on another kind, and it doesn't work. So: Theft of trade secrets isn't going to fix draconian copyright law, not only because two wrongs don't make a right, but also because copyright and trade secrets don't have all that much to do with each other.
- Nasrudith 7y agoTrade secrets are even worse than draconian copyright laws arguably. The copyright at least calls for preservation. Trade secrets keep the knowledge from circulating and laws encouraging it do it more so if someone bypasses them for more competition.
- aaron_m04 7y agoWhat makes you think there are two wrongs?
- teunispeters 7y agoAh yes, Europe and button copyrights all over again... (this plays big into USA's history)