Lety Does Stuff on Nostr: This feels less like a difference between East and West and more a difference between ...

This feels less like a difference between East and West and more a difference between the Global South and Global North.

Where I'm from in Mexico would be considered the West, but it has similar IP violations that you're describing in their telecommunications space, leading to more developments in ICT.

And then in contrast, Japan and Korea are in the East and they have some of the strictest IP laws on the planet.

Strict IP laws seem inversely proportional to GDP growth as the price of paying for licenses and higher requirements for unique designs both increase the costs of production.

So, states like Malaysia and Mexico likely won't adopt mainstream IP protection concepts until they reach much higher levels of economic development.