[mensetmanusman]

Industrial R&D is actually almost 3x larger than government funded R&D.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/rd-for-the-public-good-wa....

[IshKebab]

Yeah fair, but still 0% funded by copyright.

Industrial R&D also tends to me more "research for hire" rather than pure research. A bit closer to consulting.

Anyway my point still stands.