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This is a misleading narrative in the context of the charges against Huawei. To somehow equate the direct theft of IP and innovation as just 'shared culture an
by jariel 7y ago
This is a misleading narrative in the context of the charges against Huawei.
To somehow equate the direct theft of IP and innovation as just 'shared culture and knowledge' completely avoids the material criminality at hand.
Huawei is charged with literally incentivizing their employees to steal knowledge and IP, and of directly copying designs, on a systematic and widespread scale. These activities are instituted far beyond just Huawei.
This is not a situation of the natural flow of industrial knowledge, it's direct theft.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- sneak 7y agoThe concept of IP is a relatively recent invention, created by legislatures to prop up specific industries hurt by copying of data, and, as is being demonstrated, not everyone agrees that it should be treated the same as existing systems of physical property. You wouldn’t download a car. But I would. I don’t think it’s possible to steal information.
- JonG123 7y agoYou are such a sneak!
- jariel 7y agoThis history of IP is not relevant. China knows the rules and they broke them. Therefore, there must be consequences.
- dependenttypes 7y ago> China knows the rules and they broke them So did Turing.