Re:The U.S. is charging Huawei with racketeering
by ricw on Thursday February 13, 2020 @06:27PM
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It’s not just China that does this. This is a proven path for developing economies, that still have a labor price advantage. It’s the reason “Made in Germany” exists as a label, forced by the brits to mark “inferior goods” that turned out to be cheaper and better. Just like China now...
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Re:The U.S. is charging Huawei with racketeering
by dmoy on Thursday February 13, 2020 @07:10PM
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US theft of UK IP back in the day (early 19th century textiles especially) was a big deal.
Re:The U.S. is charging Huawei with racketeering
by chillacy on Friday February 14, 2020 @02:03AM
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Hollywood exists in California because Edison's patents weren't respected there https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51722/thomas-edison-drov...
Re:The U.S. is charging Huawei with racketeering
by tatrajim on Thursday February 13, 2020 @07:40PM
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Why not mention the rest of the story: that the U,S. and Great Britain engaged at the time in two bitter wars? Are you claiming that China is justified is stealing U.S. IP because the two nations are at war currently?
Re:The U.S. is charging Huawei with racketeering
by dmoy on Friday February 14, 2020 @10:37AM
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The specific timing on your allegations is off. A lot of the IP theft occurred in peacetime. The US and UK were at war for a total of like 11 years, and there was a period many decades of IP theft. It wasn't as state sponsored as it was during the period between the two wars, but it still happened.
Hell as late as 1850 the US straight up didn't recognize copyright of non US citizens. I forget exactly when that changed.