Isn’t his proposal to fix it basically just modern China?

Posted May 29, 2025 16:03 UTC (Thu) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Isn’t his proposal to fix it basically just modern China? by psadauskas
Parent article: Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internet

> Isn’t that basically China? Zero regard for IP law, so they clone any interesting and useful thing and sell it?

Actually, from what I can make out, they have a LOT of regard for IP law. They just BUY any interesting thing, and then sell it.

> Like the US at the turn of the last century (1900s)

I think you're a century too early. That era only came to a nominal close with Berne (the US joined in the 1980s?) and Lemuelson (again the 1980s?) who made a career copying Edison. Who's patent claiming to invent the lightbulb post-dated a visit to a lightbulb factory !!!

Cheers,
Wol