look at China, which has no IP laws. How much software innovation do you see coming from there? Yup, zero. The IP laws here mean they wouldn't be able to sell

look at China, which has no IP laws. How much software innovation do you see coming from there? Yup, zero. The IP laws here mean they wouldn't be able to sell me anything that resulted from their lack of IP laws, and the language barrier means I wouldn't likely see anything they weren't trying to sell me. So why would my not seeing anything have any meaning?