alt Hacker NewsAll the American companies you mentioned still follow American law and regulation. Skirting that blatantly has big consequences.
Chinese companies do not follow American laws and there are absolutely no consequences for violating it.
Moreover, the average American is not even aware of exactly what the legal/judicial environment is like in China. If your code and data is stolen, you can't fly to China and demand justice in the courts.
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Aren’t those American companies sued because they didn’t follow American law?
> All the American companies you mentioned still follow American law and regulation. Skirting that blatantly has big consequences. > Chinese companies do not follow American laws and there are absolutely no consequences for violating it.
... lmk when anthropic/openai/spacex/xai are held accountable for anything. Anything at all. Hard to be when you're _writing_ the rules.
> All the American companies you mentioned still follow American law and regulation. Skirting that blatantly has big consequences.
No, they don’t. This is an absurd statement to make in 2026.
Is copyright infringement an American Law?