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#12I seriously thought that it had simply been torn down and replaced with a bank in the mean time – hey, it’s China. That could happen. It used to be "Only in America" that the world muttered in disbelief. This century, I'm thinking "Hey, it’s China. That could happen" might just be the new black, as it were.
Were we Americans this crass and exploitive in the late 1800's? Not rhetorical, but a genuine question. I've heard the opinion expressed that we indeed were.
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#13They're gonna be raided like meth labs once Apple gets wind of this (if they haven't already).
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#14When I was in China in 2006 I wondered into a fake Nike store of similar quality (In a residential neighborhood of Beijing). I too thought it was a real store, the only thing that gave it away was when I actually picked up the shoes in the store, I noticed all the swooshes were upside down!
Almost seemed like a waste to go through the whole effort of knocking off an entire store, only to fill it with obviously fake merchandise.
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#15I seriously thought that it had simply been torn down and replaced with a bank in the mean time – hey, it’s China. That could happen. It used to be "Only in America" that the world muttered in disbelief. This century, I'm thinking "Hey, it’s China. That could happen" might just be the new black, as it were.
Were we Americans this crass and exploitive in the late 1800's? Not rhetorical, but a genuine question. I've heard the opinion expressed that we indeed were.
America used to be notorious in the 18th and 19th centuries for ignoring copyrights and patents filed in Europe.
For example:
"Johns describes how the first generation of American publishers came to constitute themselves as book pirates who openly violated British copyright law by systematically reprinting works that the British publishers considered their own lawful property. This laid the foundations for a vital but highly controversial book market in the new world and Johns concludes that by “the 1820s, Jacksonian America had a secure and vibrant public sphere – but to European eyes an utterly piratical one”.
Source: http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/mit7/papers/Fredriksson-Draft-...
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#16Yay for yet another interesting blog post wrapped in OnSwipe's miserable, unnecessary iPad theme.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Were we Americans this crass and exploitive in the late 1800's? Not rhetorical, but a genuine question. I've heard the opinion expressed that we indeed were.
America used to be notorious in the 18th and 19th centuries for ignoring copyrights and patents filed in Europe. For example: "Johns describes how the first generation of American publishers came to constitute themselves as book pirates who openly violated British copyright law by systematically reprinting works that the British publishers considered their own lawful property. This laid the foundations for a vital bu…
Evidence that our current intellectual property regime is simply not practical in a quickly emerging economic powerhouse?
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#18We struck up a conversation with these sales guys who, hand to God, all thought they really worked for Apple.
Now I'm wondering how I know who I work for.
Now I'm wondering if I could have faked this entire blog post by photoshopping up some pics of a real Apple Store.
Now I'm wondering if I've been reading too much Philip K. Dick or too little.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
America used to be notorious in the 18th and 19th centuries for ignoring copyrights and patents filed in Europe. For example: "Johns describes how the first generation of American publishers came to constitute themselves as book pirates who openly violated British copyright law by systematically reprinting works that the British publishers considered their own lawful property. This laid the foundations for a vital bu…
Evidence that our current intellectual property regime is simply not practical in a quickly emerging economic powerhouse?
I think it's more a result of the fact that China produces little intellectual property of its own right now. Enforcing copyright would raise costs, hinder development of copycat industries, and deplete the mountain of foreign exchange they've accumulated through exports. In addition, unlike most small countries that don't have domestic IP industries, China is not susceptible to US and European pressure.
The US eventually became a champion of IP laws once its own IP industries became globally dominant. China will discover the joys of copyright and patent lawsuits once they dominate the IP industries.
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#20Doesn't actually say whether it sells actual Apple stuff, or knock-offs, or if it did I missed it.