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Knockoff Tech Selling Better Than the Original
An anonymous reader writes to mention an IT Wire story about the industrious Chinese industry centered around reproducing commercial products. These individuals have become so adept at forging based on the original that by the time the developer of the technology comes to market, the 'original' is seen as 'fake' by consumers. Other products, such as shoes, CDs, DVDs, and even expensive cars are available for much lower prices in certain Chinese markets. From the article: "Sell these products do, especially in Asia where the prices are low, few questions are asked and in many cases, the quality is actually pretty good. Samsung is said to have been so concerned by seeing its phones copied on the Chinese market that it tracked the distribution channels back to the source and discovered the electronics guys responsible for copying their latest products. After offering them a job with Samsung and a chance to go legitimate, they are reported to have declined the offer, saying that they were able to make more money by simply continuing in their pirate ways. What Samsung did next is not known."
The more you regulate a company, the worse its products become.
"Gentle" pursuasion works... here's what an old dealer of my last company did to ensure companies paid their bills: he had a special cargo container (1 40-foot shipping container you see on ships/trucks) that was essentially filled with cement. If you were late paying, he'd drop it off in front of your business... essentially blocking the most critical access to the building (front door, shipping dock, whatever works).
Customers pay. Nobody gets hurt, and life goes on.
Only if we could do that here... (being Belgium, that is)
MadCow.
I used to have a sig, but I set it free and it never came back.
This post is a dupe! I read this on www.slashdot.cn last week!
No, you don't understand. In the absence of intellectual property protection (as in China), you will see innovation and development flourish, since it will be perfectly legal for other firms to do that thing which is most valuable to innovation: copying. And even though there is no value in doing so, people will continue to innovate for some reason. The engineers should charge for performances or sell T-shirts with their designs on them.
Toronto-area transit rider? Rate your ride.
Hey this fake cola tastes just like cola! Almost as if it came of the same assembly line....
Sell these products do
Yoda, is that you?
"Sell these products do, especially in Asia where the prices are low, few questions are asked and in many cases, the quality is actually pretty good."
I'll never complain about Slashdot editors again.
Are you saying my Sorny is not legit? What about my Magnetbox VCR or my Panaphonic DVD player?
Jesus was a compassionate social conservative who called individuals to sin no more.
You bought an 80-millibyte disk? That's 640 millibits. Why would you only want to store less than two-thirds of a bit?
In Repressive Burma, it's not just your connection that dies. slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=314547&cid=20819199
Ooh! I smell blockbuster!
Jet Li as a disgruntled Chinese engineer who must help his corrupt evil employer pirate Korean cell phones to feed his family, and Jackie Chan as the bumbling Korean businessman who must bring him to justice! Who will win in this contest of wills! Can Li retain his honor after making pink cell phones for teenage girls! Find out in - Death Factory of Cell Phones: The Legend of The Ringtone Dragon Coming soon!
I dunno. The triads were pretty easy in GTA3.
smoking what, dooood?