“The US still kicks the worlds ass in the area of vision”
Yep - If the Chinese actually PAID for every copy of Windows, we could even out the trade deficit.
I don’t think it’s a good idea to depend on “intellectual property” and patent rights to support our country.
Funny story.
When Lord of the rings came out I had a friend who brought me a copy on DVD in the first week of the theatrical release.
He had gotten it from a missionary friend who had bought it on the street in china.
So here I was watching this pirated poor quality film that a missionary acted as a middleman on and had gotten all the way back to the US probably before the film hit the theatre.
Did Peter Jackson fail because of the piracy?
Noop! He sold Billions and went on to make 2 grand sequels
I bought them all, and the pirated copy?...Who knows where it is know..
Im not condoning piracy, Im advocating innovation
“I don’t think it’s a good idea to depend on “intellectual property” and patent rights to support our country.”
Agreed. Saw a recent news item which claimed 9 out of 10 cd’s and dvd’s sold in China are pirated versions.