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I 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.
by AlexandrB 7y ago
I 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?