05-28-2021, 10:16 AM
(05-28-2021, 10:01 AM)Einzige Wrote:(05-28-2021, 08:28 AM)David Horn Wrote:(05-27-2021, 02:32 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: China still mostlycopiessteals USA tech.
Fixed that for you.
Guess who used to be the world's biggest stealer of IP?
The Americans.
Over two hundred years ago, when the British were doing restraint of trade on matters other than patents. In more recent times, companies have shared patent knowledge through licensing. Many companies could sell music cassettes, but they all had the trademark "Compact Cassette". Philips and Sony shared the patent, and an entity such as RCA, Warner, or EMI could sell music cassettes only with that trademark attached. Philips and Sony got a tiny cut.
I doubt that anyone at a high level in the Chinese political system today in any way has the ethical values of Alexander Hamilton, and this is not a matter of cultural difference.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.