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My theory has always been, Chinese will start behaving like Americans in protecting their IP once they reach a similar level of reach and sophistication with th
by euix 7y ago
My theory has always been, Chinese will start behaving like Americans in protecting their IP once they reach a similar level of reach and sophistication with their products. It's starting...
Then the shoe will be on the other foot. Not that a couple hundred years ago it wasn't the same.
- chapium 7y agoI doubt this will happen unless there is motivation from the central government to crack down on it. There are many cultural reasons shameless copying is less stigmatized in China than in the west (not necessarily a negative thing).
- ebiester 7y agoBritain used industrial espionage to gather the technology to reach their industrial revolution. The USA did it in turn. (It used to be a death sentence for skilled technologists to emigrate.) https://www.allaboutlean.com/industrial-espionage-and-revolution/ https://www.allaboutlean.com/industrial-espionage-and-revolu... https://www.history.com/news/industrial-revolution-spies-europe https://www.history.com/news/industrial-revolution-spies-eur...