As you say it’s a well trodden path: American industry was built on IP theft[1] British empire was built on IP theft [2] Byzantine empire was built on IP the

As you say it’s a well trodden path: American industry was built on IP theft[1] British empire was built on IP theft [2] Byzantine empire was built on IP theft [3] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Slater https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Slater [2] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-british-tea-heist-9866709/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-british-tea... [3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_silk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_silk