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0 pointsahmeneeroe-v27mo ago0 comments

Bad reading comprehension.

You're talking about recognizing IP, I am talking about stealing IP AND selling stolen IP in our markets.

1st: yes force can be used to discourage the theft of IP. This is merely an obstacle, not a total blocker 2nd: yes force can be used to block IP from our markets. This is actually incredibly trivial and would have been very easy 40-years ago.

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FpUser7mo ago

>You're talking about recognizing IP, I am talking about stealing IP ..."

If country does not recognize IP then "stealing" is not a theft in their eyes.

As for using force to prevent "theft": what force? Military? You might get burned really bad.

corimaith7mo ago

A military controlling the flow of goods into its own borders isn't going to "burn bad", it's called customs controls.

FpUser7mo ago

>"The issue is allowing the Chinese to steal IP and then compete in our markets with that stolen IP"

That was the original message. My understanding of "our markets" was customers of the US which include the US itself, China and many other countries. Sure the US can prohibit importing of China's goods. It can not control what happens in the rest of the world to the degree that it once could.

ahmeneeroe-v2OP7mo ago

I did specify the 70s 80s and 90s.

ahmeneeroe-v2OP7mo ago

Sorry no. If you can't imagine how one country couldn't use force to stop another country from stealing IP then you are either not intellectually up to this conversation or not arguing in good faith.

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FpUser7mo ago

>You're talking about recognizing IP, I am talking about stealing IP ..."

If country does not recognize IP then "stealing" is not a theft in their eyes.

As for using force to prevent "theft": what force? Military? You might get burned really bad.

corimaith7mo ago

A military controlling the flow of goods into its own borders isn't going to "burn bad", it's called customs controls.

FpUser7mo ago

>"The issue is allowing the Chinese to steal IP and then compete in our markets with that stolen IP"

ahmeneeroe-v2OP7mo ago

I did specify the 70s 80s and 90s.

ahmeneeroe-v2OP7mo ago

Sorry no. If you can't imagine how one country couldn't use force to stop another country from stealing IP then you are either not intellectually up to this conversation or not arguing in good faith.

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