Dear Dave, Thank you for bringing out this question. Copycat and cloning issues (in Chinese term: Shanzhai) are indeed quite severe in China. But we have a bit different view on this from the major western mainstream media. Many of us don't see copycats as the big threat to creativity, from many levels, I even believe it creates opportunity to harness the creativity. Here are some researches done by IDEO: http://patterns.ideo.com/issue/shanzhai/ We have invited them to present this research at Xindanwei and the discussion with audience(mostly designers)has lasted several hours long. See: http://xindanwei.com/lang/en/2011/01/shanzhai-design-as-an-open-platform-for-business-innovation-pattern-from-ideo-ideo
The consumer electronics industry in Shenzhen of Guangdong Province are the perfect example how all the shanzhai manufacturers collaborate on a mutual beneficial agreement to achieve efficiency and cost innovation. http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/shanzhai-crossing-the-line-from-copying-to-innovation.html One more example is about Copycat of Chines New Year gala performance ( shown on Chinese official TV with selected program), the copycat uses exact same format and design of the official one but opened its content to many talents on internet, it is broadcasted on internet and gives ordinary people an opportunity to be on the "gala show". 在 2011年2月2日 上午12:43，Dave Bunnell <[email protected]> 写道： > Hello, > > Meaning no disrespect: here, stateside, we hear constantly in (our) > national-daily-news that copyright infringement of every-kind is of national > proportion where you are in China. Perhaps the norm rather than the > exception? > > Although not helpful, I'm sure all of us here are sensitive to your plight > and would wonder: Just how you do deal with this impact at every level? I'm > sure from Freelancer to Coworker, we would love know more about what that > world is like for you. I would guess we approach this topic with a certain > naivete. > > But? From our perspective, we would, of course, not have the same frame of > reference that you do. And for every 'Independent' working in any country, > protecting who you are and what you have . . . or what you create, is always > top-of-mind. This becomes true, even when, we, any of us, arrive with a > collaborative spirit. > > Thank you, > > Dave B. > : : : : : : : : > > 2011/2/1 Liu Yan <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi there, >> Recently we found out that someone in Beijing has used the text of our >> website both in Chinese and English, design and slogan literally word for >> word in his website. We are happy that there is another(second) coworking >> space being established in China and they like our model. But at the same >> time, we think it should be a way to regulate this kind of "sharing". >> For example, Our model and content on the website is at this moment pretty >> much open sourced and licensed under Creative Commons, but the people who >> copied and pasted our content put everything under their own >> copyright. Meanwhile, we are worried that this kind of clone or look-alike >> effect might put our branding and reputation under risk. >> Any idea how to cope with this? >> Liu Yan 刘妍 >> CEO/Co-founder >> Xindanwei 新单位 >> (+86) 021 3428 0783 >> (+86) 135 2429 5509 >> 50 Yongjia Rd, Shanghai,CHINA >> 中国上海徐汇区永嘉路50号 >> http://xindanwei.com >> https://gist.com/theliuyan >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > -- > : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : > > Dave Bunnell > Dream Team Consortium > p 603.321.6568 > e1 [email protected] > e2 [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- Liu Yan 刘妍 CEO/Co-founder Xindanwei 新单位 (+86) 021 3428 0783 50 Yongjia Rd, Shanghai,CHINA 中国上海徐汇区永嘉路50号 http://xindanwei.com https://gist.com/theliuyan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
