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From 1 to 5 on the shocked meter, this is a 1. It's Xiaomi and China after all.

monocasa 4y ago
I mean, there's stories on the HN frontpage right now about how Lego and John Deere are also violating the GPL. It seems a bit knee-jerky to see this story and start shaking your fist at China in general.
lloydatkinson 4y ago
You could phrase it as: On a scale of 1 to China, what level of IP infringement, technology theft, and corporate espionage are Xiaomi operating at? China.
- deleted 4y ago
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- shell0x 4y ago
  Yeah China steals everything else. Why wouldn't they steal code?
- frozenport 4y ago
  They kinda copied Apple’s UI which is just lame https://www.gizchina.com/2022/01/09/xiaomi-when-will-you-stop-copying-apples-ui/amp/ https://www.gizchina.com/2022/01/09/xiaomi-when-will-you-sto...
  - lloydatkinson 4y ago
    It also shows a lack of critical thinking and creativity.
  - ushakov 4y ago
    They took “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” to the extreme
- tarotuser 4y ago
  Lets be fair too. When the USA was early on, before and during the War of Independence, we routinely ignored the set of IP laws from European countries. https://eh.net/encyclopedia/an-economic-history-of-copyright-in-europe-and-the-united-states/ https://eh.net/encyclopedia/an-economic-history-of-copyright... And China DOES enforce IP laws in China. They just don't enforce USA copyright laws, cause it's not the USA. And The USA doesn't enforce Chinese IP laws. Eventually, the IP laws will be mutually respected. It'll take time. But in the meantime, this is more a trade dispute. That means that larger vendors need to be legally forced to stop shipment and sale of said violating items, and CBP needs to do more in stopping shipments coming in-country.
  - Steltek 4y ago
    Stretching the expected whataboutism to before the US actually existed as a country is friggin' hilarious. Yes, oddly the the US does enforce the CCP's "Chinese companies automatically win" laws. How strange.

I mean, there's stories on the HN frontpage right now about how Lego and John Deere are also violating the GPL. It seems a bit knee-jerky to see this story and start shaking your fist at China in general.

lloydatkinson 4y ago

You could phrase it as: On a scale of 1 to China, what level of IP infringement, technology theft, and corporate espionage are Xiaomi operating at? China.

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shell0x 4y ago
Yeah China steals everything else. Why wouldn't they steal code?
frozenport 4y ago
They kinda copied Apple’s UI which is just lame https://www.gizchina.com/2022/01/09/xiaomi-when-will-you-stop-copying-apples-ui/amp/ https://www.gizchina.com/2022/01/09/xiaomi-when-will-you-sto...
- lloydatkinson 4y ago
  It also shows a lack of critical thinking and creativity.
- ushakov 4y ago
  They took “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” to the extreme
tarotuser 4y ago
Lets be fair too. When the USA was early on, before and during the War of Independence, we routinely ignored the set of IP laws from European countries. https://eh.net/encyclopedia/an-economic-history-of-copyright-in-europe-and-the-united-states/ https://eh.net/encyclopedia/an-economic-history-of-copyright... And China DOES enforce IP laws in China. They just don't enforce USA copyright laws, cause it's not the USA. And The USA doesn't enforce Chinese IP laws. Eventually, the IP laws will be mutually respected. It'll take time. But in the meantime, this is more a trade dispute. That means that larger vendors need to be legally forced to stop shipment and sale of said violating items, and CBP needs to do more in stopping shipments coming in-country.
- Steltek 4y ago
  Stretching the expected whataboutism to before the US actually existed as a country is friggin' hilarious. Yes, oddly the the US does enforce the CCP's "Chinese companies automatically win" laws. How strange.