On: Huawei Accused of Technology Theft

[Youcandothis]

Most of this is not stealing, but instead copying and spying.

[buchanan → Youcandothis]

More provoking, perhaps Huawei is aware of this and using it as intimidation, "we can copy you exactly faster than you can innovate, so better work with us..".

[scarejunba → Youcandothis]

Curious pattern here where knowledge of secrets is considered stealing or not stealing depending on the subject.

I wonder if it's just different people reading or if the community itself views it differently.

After all, "it's not stealing if you have your copy" does mean parent is right.

[mokus → scarejunba]

Agree/disagree is not the only factor involved in voting - another one that I suspect is in play here is “interesting/uninteresting in the context of the present discussion”.

[scarejunba → mokus]

A fair point. Surely in the question of intellectual property, it is just as relevant here as it is there.

[mfatica → Youcandothis]

I'm not stealing your TV, I'm just borrowing and keeping it!

[Youcandothis → mfatica]

No, that would be stealing. But if you opened a TV and photographed it then it's not stealing.

[elorant → Youcandothis]

Try telling that to Cisco

[scarejunba → elorant]

How is that a valid defence? Try telling the MPAA/RIAA that your use of The Pirate Bay isn't stealing.

[ineedasername → scarejunba]

Without even getting into the "is personal piracy wrong" issue, it's pretty easy to draw a line between an individual downloading songs from pirate bay and a major corporation pirating IP wholesale and then making a business out of reselling the derivative products.

[scarejunba → ineedasername]

Without entering the entire debate, I was only intending to talk about the "Ask the plaintiff" style. Obviously the plaintiff is going to think something's wrong. That's what being the plaintiff is.

[ineedasername → scarejunba]

Sure, I can agree with that. Good point.

[elorant → scarejunba]

Fair enough