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Re:Tesla’s China Dream Threatened by Standoff Over Shanghai ... by oh_sigh on Thursday February 15, 2018 @06:09PM (#16388597)
There's a slight difference between someone memorizing how things work, versus whole sale theft of corporate documents, data, complex technical design, etc.
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Re:Tesla’s China Dream Threatened by Standoff Over Shanghai ... by nate_meurer on Thursday February 15, 2018 @06:32PM (#16388721)
This makes absolutely no sense. If I implement a machine whose design is someones else's protected IP, the law cares not a bit whether I recorded the design details or merely memorized them. And no one else will care either.

You'll note that this was exactly the case with Samuel Slater; the Brits considered him a thief regardless.

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Re:Tesla’s China Dream Threatened by Standoff Over Shanghai ... by e_b on Thursday February 15, 2018 @06:25PM (#16388684)
No.
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Re:Tesla’s China Dream Threatened by Standoff Over Shanghai ... by oh_sigh on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:57PM (#16389534)
Yes.

There, it's even now.

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Re:Tesla’s China Dream Threatened by Standoff Over Shanghai ... by BRAlNlAC on Thursday February 15, 2018 @06:34PM (#16388748)
That's like saying there is no difference between a verbal description and a video of something.
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Re:Tesla’s China Dream Threatened by Standoff Over Shanghai ... by e_b on Thursday February 15, 2018 @07:09PM (#16388917)
No, it's not.
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Re:Tesla’s China Dream Threatened by Standoff Over Shanghai ... by oh_sigh on Friday February 16, 2018 @07:14PM (#16397883)
Yes, it is.
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