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		RealityVoid on Sept 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Socialist Romania Computer Chips They didn't just not pay intellectual dues, they actually stole blueprints, plans, any technical info they could get their hands on and tried reproducing locally.

thriftwy on Sept 30, 2022 [–]

In the absense of IP enforcement, blueprints cost the price of a sheet of paper and may actually be widely available.

Soviet TVs came with a huge blueprint of everything electronic what's inside so the customers (and repair booths) could repair it on the spot.

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