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I was refering to US as a great example of a country starting with lots of IP theft then closing the door behind them by making it illegal and pushing the updated IP rights on other countries.

I'm not a US hater at all, I think it's an amazing country, but it's also a great example of how to build one.

https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/07/30/ip_thef...

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Samuel slater is exactly who I was thinking of, I didn't know the Lowell story but it looks like I should do some reading about it. From that link it seems like they were involved in stealing ideas for similar machines with the difference being the amount of intervention required to operate them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Slater

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