Do you have examples? Obviously it's hard to compare scales though.
What had sprung to mind for me was the wholesale rip off of European IP by the US in its commercial development in the 19th century and China now with the US.
I guess what I'm thinking of is at the individual level, no one cares much for re-appropriating someone elses work. It has been normalised.
That's what they say
Everything I ever done
Gonna give it away
Someone hit the big score
They figured it out
That we're gonna do it anyway
Even if it doesn't pay"
- 'Everything is Free', Gillian Welch, 2001
"No one's gonna notice if you're never right or wrong
And if you and your next neighbour, yeah, ya don't quite get along
No one's gonna notice if you're singing anyway
Those not coming in for free will learn they gotta pay"
Ian Brown, 2004.