Imitation, Creation and Intellectual Property
critical importance of language
Golf Practice
penmanship
The theory that what is said depends on the outcome, not the process of imitation.
parody or imitation
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make money by copying
Economy, Law, Moral
Propagation of civilization: economic rationality
Agriculture would not be an agrarian civilization if it were not more economically rational.
Related:.
IT efficiencies are driven by economic rationality
Groupware is bought because groupware improves productivity.
Articles of Imitation, Surprisingly Few
U.S. triple compensation for willful infringement.
sore loser
We all imitate, but we all want to be independent.
nishio.iconThey want to be independent.
We need to give the program a desire.
What is that desire?
[desire for independence
Shuhari model
Description of the current state model # Languages
Selecting the point of change
Transformation of that point
IBM lobbied so that software could be patented.
nishio.iconI thought it was AT&T, not IBM." src pointed out. AT&T certainly succeeded in obtaining a claimable algorithm patent.
It's going to be hard to find clear evidence of whose lobbying is responsible for that.
Meiji Restoration
1/3 of national budget invested in study abroad
Geographic Factors in Japan
Eurasia
About the same latitude
Low cost of cultural transmission
Imitation was more economically rational.
Internet age
The flow of information has changed.
Language barriers rather than geographic factors
nishio.iconExperience of [Unexplored Junior Shenzhen Tour 2019#5d559d5caff09e00000ec71c
Students were able to communicate and collaborate on the program through Baidu translation.
I thought I would need help from my English-speaking self because of the language barrier, but I didn't need it.
The "language barrier" is nothing more than an assumption.
law
Encouraging imitation
Some exceptions are prohibited.
Balance between protection and utilization
sequential order
1: Developing superior IP
2: Consideration of irreplaceability
3: Building barriers through entitlements
They need to be in this order.
Patenting something that can be substituted will only circumvent it.
Even if it is irreplaceable, if there is no advantage, no one will use it.
First, superiority.
https://gyazo.com/38380976eaae056193042b623ea99950
Stagnant imitation is only a point
In growth mimicry, the dots connect to form a line.
Are there countries that Japan should use as references?
Only Japan does not appreciate China and appreciates the U.S. more than the U.S.
How to make the most of Galaga
Why i-mode was not successful in Europe
national isolation
The Intellectual Property of Japanese Culture
When you eat pacri sushi, you want to know the original sushi.
Kitty and Hatsune Miku
Intellectual property born in Japan
It's worth it when it's used.
Free Strategy
Local Kitty
Collaboration = creating value by allowing others to use it.
Strategies that Allow Imitation
It's not imitation that's bad.
What's wrong is imitation without respect.
What is respect?
Tell them you imitated them.
pay money
return a favor (favour)
Making things more wonderful
Society develops
future prediction
Watt steam engine
We didn't build it from scratch.
Widespread because of the positive "economic rationality" of the improvements.
Failure of smart phones
premature
But as a result, there was plenty of IP.
Shifting Strategies
Blank CDs are selling better than the population.
Music has been copied.
→iPod
Sony, on the other hand, uses CCCD.
groupware has an organization and an individual joins it. I think there will be a personal hub of software first, and then it will be connected after the fact.
nishio.iconI think Scrapbox (especially if you've created a personal project) is pretty close to that.
What is missing
Weak ability to cross projects
SPYSEE-like graphical display
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