I mean, there is one, they have copyright law. Forgive me for being slow is this a joke about the widespread theft of IP in China? Or was the acquisition of training data just much more 'accepted' in China compared to the west?

I feel I messed up your quip =/ I'm new here, go ez. Not looking for excuses to hate on China either.

Yes, the law exists, and anyone can go and ask their IP back in the court of Beijing.