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by busterarm 1598 days ago
Worse still, you can't get schematics for John Deere in the US, but John Deere provided full schematics as a condition of access to the Chinese market.
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My company makes products that have computer controllers, and lots and lots of code to run them. They are bending over backward to make them impossible to hack here in the States, but (so I am told) giving the source and the encryption keys directly to the Chinese government as a requirement of selling products into that market.
Ironic. Makes you think which country cares more about their people and industry.
China didn't demand the schematics out of altruism - they did it so they can copy the product and release their own. It's standard operating procedure for doing business in that country.
I don't doubt it; but schematics, while incredibly useful for repair, are only a sliver of the piece of the puzzle to manufacturing something.
Could you point to China’s version of said product? This sounds a bit like FUD to me.

Schematics do not always 100% lead to stolen and reproduced IP.

More style than substance but the blazon disregard for IP is clear:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/fancy-a-chinese-interpr...

Yes, in general. I was asking specifically about the tractor clones.
Does it really make you think China might care more about it's people? A brief Google should relieve you of that notion :)
The Chinese government is a large beurocracy, it contains many competing factions and interests.
The Chinese government has its own interst in forcing such concessions. Still, politics today doesn't really favor consumer rights at all. This bill is the minimum that should be done on the topic of copyright. Otherwise representatives feel very comfortable in the bowels of the industry in general, especially regarding to intellectual property. It makes strategic sense to defend it with a player like China, but it also has become about milking consumers.