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This characteristic of Chinese culture, IMO, serves to understand why the whole Intellectual Property debacle has been so contentious. As I see it this is the

This characteristic of Chinese culture, IMO, serves to understand why the whole Intellectual Property debacle has been so contentious. As I see it this is the main point behind the USA-China "trade war" I think the USA only defends IP because of the economic implications. I think the Chinese have the better idea regarding "IP". But I have no doubt that were the roles reversed (China "owns" most IP and USA just manufactures it) the Chinese government would be staunchly defending IP.

newen 6y ago
It's entirely economic. The US didn't care about IP when it was starting out.
- naringas 6y ago
  reminiscent of sillicon valley and free and open source software. when it was starting out it was great that it was free and open. now that their economies depend on it, the freedom and the openess are not so important.
- georgeecollins 6y ago
  Um source? The US Patent Law was enacted in 1790.
  - bildung 6y ago
    "The city of Lowell, Massachusetts actually got its start after its namesake, Francis Cabot Lowell, visited England in the early 19th century and spent his time trying to figure out how the Brits had managed to automate the process of weaving cloth. Charming his way into factories, he memorized what he saw, and managed to reproduce the weaving machine. Hamilton didn’t just send Americans to Britain in search of the secrets of the industrial revolution. He used patents to lure immigrants with skills and knowledge to move to the United States. George Parkinson, for example, was awarded a patent in 1791 for a textile spinning machine, which was really just a rip-off of a machine he had used in England. The United States also paid his family's expenses to emigrate and re-locate to the US." https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/07/30/ip_theft_is_what_once_helped_make_america_great_103367.html https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/07/30/ip_thef... Edit: The history of hollywood is also fitting: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2012-05-10/research/bumpy-history-hollywood-and-copyright-law https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2012-05-10/research/bumpy-histor...
    - georgeecollins 6y ago
      Thank you. Good point!

newen 6y ago

It's entirely economic. The US didn't care about IP when it was starting out.

naringas 6y ago
reminiscent of sillicon valley and free and open source software. when it was starting out it was great that it was free and open. now that their economies depend on it, the freedom and the openess are not so important.
georgeecollins 6y ago
Um source? The US Patent Law was enacted in 1790.
- bildung 6y ago
  "The city of Lowell, Massachusetts actually got its start after its namesake, Francis Cabot Lowell, visited England in the early 19th century and spent his time trying to figure out how the Brits had managed to automate the process of weaving cloth. Charming his way into factories, he memorized what he saw, and managed to reproduce the weaving machine. Hamilton didn’t just send Americans to Britain in search of the secrets of the industrial revolution. He used patents to lure immigrants with skills and knowledge to move to the United States. George Parkinson, for example, was awarded a patent in 1791 for a textile spinning machine, which was really just a rip-off of a machine he had used in England. The United States also paid his family's expenses to emigrate and re-locate to the US." https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/07/30/ip_theft_is_what_once_helped_make_america_great_103367.html https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/07/30/ip_thef... Edit: The history of hollywood is also fitting: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2012-05-10/research/bumpy-history-hollywood-and-copyright-law https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2012-05-10/research/bumpy-histor...
  - georgeecollins 6y ago
    Thank you. Good point!