Source: Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom
by Stephan Kinsella
“Most people do not understand that IP law is domestic only, which is why it is nonsensical to say that China is ‘stealing’ western ‘IP.’ Most countries have IP protection, primarily because of Western, primarily US, IP imperialism and bullying, mostly at the behest of Big Pharma (patents) and Hollywood and the music industry/RIAA (copyright) which have forced other countries to adopt American-style IP, to their detriment.2 But any country that chooses not to have IP rights and does not protect inventions and and artistic works does not violate others’ property rights, any more than insecure property rights in North Korea violates property rights in Texas. … the same is true in outer space, since no municipal copyright or patent law applies in outer space (or on the high seas or deep sea bed).” (10/10/25)
https://c4sif.org/2025/10/intellectual-property-in-outer-space/