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On the recordDecember 13, 2017
One of the reasons that we have to depend on foreign capital for things like venture capital is that, when you have a really good invention, like Microsoft Word, and then find that it gets pirated in other countries, you don't have the follow-on investment capital.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Foster discusses the impact of intellectual property violations on venture capital availability.

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