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Re:One of the Earliest Industrial Spies Was a French Mission... by pmoriarty on Monday May 01, 2017 @11:29AM (#14238300)
Not everyone believes in intellectual property or in the notion that copying is theft.
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Re:One of the Earliest Industrial Spies Was a French Mission... by seanmcdirmid on Monday May 01, 2017 @12:58PM (#14239250)
True. As a counterpoint, not everyone believes that technology diffusion is good and desirable.
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Re:One of the Earliest Industrial Spies Was a French Mission... by pmoriarty on Monday May 01, 2017 @01:56PM (#14239843)
Good for whom?

The ones who already "own" most of the intellectual property? Or the ones who don't own it?

Those who create it, those who distribute it, those who sell it, or those who consume it?

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Re:One of the Earliest Industrial Spies Was a French Mission... by seanmcdirmid on Monday May 01, 2017 @02:18PM (#14240025)
Yes. Isn't good and bad usually relative to ones own interests?
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