Everything is a Remix Part 3 (Original Series, 2011)

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Strong rec kubrickslair · 2011-08 · on “Apple changed everything? Yeah, right.”

Parent and grandparent, take some deep breadths and relax. Please don't quibble. Then watch this rather insightful video titled 'Everything is a Remix' [this video] And pardon me, for coming off as arrogant, but I hate to see trivial fights here when you are missing the bigger picture.

Recommends nextparadigms · 2012-02 · on “If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone”

Look around in any industry you want. How would you define competition, if nothing but very similar products to the original product of that type in that particular market? This video describes very well how inventions get created and then evolve for the benefit of everyone: [this video]

Cites nextparadigms · 2012-01 · on “What everyone in the SOPA debate is missing: IP is not a fundamental right”

I think the current copyright laws are already too overreaching and need to be overhauled. They are basically owning a work forever now, and that's not how copyright was supposed to work. Copyright was supposed to protect the creator for a while, and then release it in the public domain, so other creators can make variations of it, and further enrich the culture, which was actually the ultimate goal of copyright. Protecting the creator was just a means to an end, not the very end itself, which is how MPAA and RIAA are acting right now - like they own everything and forever (with the perpetual 20 year extensions), and are entitled to laws that further protect it, no matter what other rights t

Cites nextparadigms · 2012-01 · on “Is That Pinterest? Nope, No It’s Not”

People live in a fantasy world if they think you can build something and you won't be copied - regardless if laws exist against it or not. It's just the nature of the business, and it has always been like that. The only solution is to be the one that truly understands his customers, leads the market, and is always one step ahead of his competition, and you will be rewarded for it. Every single competitor in every single industry is more or less a clone of the "originator" (which probably based his product on something else, too) and then they "copy" each other's features. [this video]

Cites mtgx · 2012-12 · on “Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright reform memo”

You're right. You do sound like a copyright hawk. Now. Why is the first point about the size of the industry relevant? Unless you're talking about their ability to bribe...I'm sorry..."lobby" Congress to pass the laws they like? That shouldn't happen anyway, regardless of their size. Laws should be passed on common sense and what's good for the people at large, not based on how big is your bank account. What is dubious about his argument about copyright? First off, copyright is not "property", and shouldn't be treated as property. It's more like a permit. The government allows you to use a certain idea for a "limited time period" as it says in the Constitution. Unfortunately, because of the

Cites cromwellian · 2018-04 · on “In a Leaked Memo, Apple Warns Employees to Stop Leaking Information”

No, everyone is accused of copying Apple, and Apple gets a pass when they come out with something that other companies already did. But the least similarity to anything Apple does is often labeled a copy, sometimes even requiring time-travel as the supposed copy was released first. Take for example the idea that other companies copied Apple's thin bezels. The predecessors for that were the Sharp Aquous, Xiaomi Mix, Samsung Galaxy S8, and Essential Phone. Samsung even had "True Tone" long before Apple started marketing it, but were accused of copying it. I favor Kirby Ferguson's take on this ( [this video] ), and we are better served by companies taking designs from others and improving on them, a