> why did you steal all their intellectual property?
Just as a side note the American industrial revolution was built on intellectual property theft [1]. So was the Byzantine empire [2]. The British empire (and it’s tea production) also did well out of IP theft [3].
Just as a side note the American industrial revolution was built on intellectual property theft [1]. So was the Byzantine empire [2]. The British empire (and it’s tea production) also did well out of IP theft [3].
[1] https://www.history.com/news/industrial-revolution-spies-eur...
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggling_of_silkworm_eggs_i...
[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fortune