Comment by mattmaroon
15 hours ago
The theory behind copyright is that the enshrined monopoly guarantees profits and thus encourages r&d.
China steals our r&d (both copyrighted and non) and gets a lot of theirs from state funding.
I don’t think I’d take China’s success as proof that the copyright system doesn’t work.
It is proof that intellectual property is a transient and fickle thing, easily subverted when there is no legal framework to protect it.
Sounds like you're saying state funded R&D works much better than copyright funded R&D