The PRC sends "students" here who are obligated to and working for the CCP for the express purpose of IP theft. They know it. Our government knows it. It's not "insider" information. It's common knowledge.
And yet the government still allows half a million "students" from the PRC into the country every year.
They simply don't care, which is why it's hard for me to take "IP theft" arguments about things like movies, music, or sports streaming seriously. And that's before we get into purchase/ownership arguments.