I shouldn't have said "You don't know how IP works", because that's rude and it's beside the point. I'm more talking about international law in general. The law that states that the US cannot invade Iraq and that Syria cannot possess chemical weapons.
It's nighttime in China right now, but yesterday afternoon and tomorrow morning there are people working on duplicating every bit of protected American IP that they think is worth it.
Betting future economic security on other countries following the letter of the law against their own interest.. I just wouldn't call it wise. I mean, the UN's been telling the Israelis and the rest of the middle east that shooting at each other is against the law for decades now.
Oh I couldn't agree with you more on this point. India's treatment of pharmaceutical patents is a sterling example of a one-sided deal being given all the respect it deserves.
It's nighttime in China right now, but yesterday afternoon and tomorrow morning there are people working on duplicating every bit of protected American IP that they think is worth it.
Betting future economic security on other countries following the letter of the law against their own interest.. I just wouldn't call it wise. I mean, the UN's been telling the Israelis and the rest of the middle east that shooting at each other is against the law for decades now.