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willcipriano on Sept 16, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it

Intellectual property is a western invention as I understand it. I don't think China agrees that you can own an idea like we assert that we do.

layer8 on Sept 16, 2023 [–]

China certainly did agree in various ways: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_in_China

BeFlatXIII on Sept 16, 2023 | | [–]

There's a vast difference between passing laws to appear palatable to the international community and enforcing those laws.

willcipriano on Sept 16, 2023 | | [–]

Interesting commentary on the talk page there.

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