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It depends on where they make their money. KWA seems to be pretty big in the USA. It seems reasonable that since their major market respects IP that they may have to shift their business. KSC on the other hand may be more diversified. They might not be able to get their unlicensed copies into the US, but they probably don't care.
I think we are starting to see a shift in airsoft. A handful of companies, bigger names etc are going out of their way to obtain licenses, even for products that are less than mainstream (Battlecomp, Spikes Tactical, etc), and with obvious names/designs with more strength (KAC, Hk, Barrett, Magpul etc). Second to these companies are the other guys where it is business as usual, cloning, copying etc. When is there the tipping point for the second to join the first.. dunno..
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