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Originally Posted by CommonReader
The US herself is no white knight. In both World Wars the US simply grabbed German patents on a huge scale. (Germany herself was quite happy to copy English technology during the industrial revolution - just as everyone else) The Neem tree patent controversy showed that the US is still quite happy to grab other nations' IP. You'll probably have a hard time to find a country that's innocent in this regard.
To my knowledge all apps that are being sold via Apple's store have to be approved by Apple first. They also take 30% of the sales revenue for themselves. That seems sufficient reasons to me to hold them responsible for IP violations.
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At what point did I claim the US was a white knight? At what point did I even say that the IP infringement was even US centric? It seems you are reading what you want into my statement.
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Originally Posted by CommonReader
I don't like this "pot calling the kettle black" argument, though. These are Chinese authors. Why should they be answerable for IP infringements committed by Chinese industrial companies in any way? By applying this kind of logic, am I entitled to whack any American I happen to come across just because I dislike what the US has done in Iraq?
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But the pot is calling the kettle black. You might not like it, but there it is. China and Chinese businesses are consistently infringing the IP rights of countless other individuals/countries with no one being able to really stop them.
So yes, there is great irony here.