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For this week's blogging, it will be Intellectual Property...by John W. Snapper...
Intellectual Property is basically an innovation, artistic or any unique symbol, logo or design used commercially and also widely world recognized by people..It is protected with patents on inventions rights, trademarks on branding for instance "M" for McDonalds, Three Star logo by Mercedes Benz, our kids favorite Mickey mouse is also a protected too..so...try to copy their designs and logo....where would you end up?
Intellectual Property is basically an innovation, artistic or any unique symbol, logo or design used commercially and also widely world recognized by people..It is protected with patents on inventions rights, trademarks on branding for instance "M" for McDonalds, Three Star logo by Mercedes Benz, our kids favorite Mickey mouse is also a protected too..so...try to copy their designs and logo....where would you end up?
Do you know.. The history of copyright law was introduced by the printing press in the late fifteenth century in England. The reason it was introduced was fairly simply because of the number presses grew tremendously and also publications of books by granting printers a near monopoly in England. The authorities decided to introduce the law to prevent people from copying or stealing ideas from the original publishers and press releases news. During the 1710, act of law established and renewed again by looking at author's ownership of copyright and copyrighted works which is subjected to last fourteen years and the option to renewable scheme if the author was alive upon expiration. The 1710 act established the principles of authors' ownership of copyright and a fixed term of protection of copyrighted works (fourteen years, and renewable for fourteen more if the author was alive upon expiration).
However looking back, Intellectual property allows people from their very own trademarks or copyrighted hard work to be well protected and gain good benefit from there.....take it for instance, your very own music and once you air it to the world...you are risk to any kind of exposure like people can just copy your version and claim the music is theirs...and you lose your name and fame in just a split seconds... BUT with the intellectual property like copyright...you have the right to sue those who use your music without permission or even copy directly without informing you....
With these copyrighted and trademark, especially property like software, devices...this can greatly increases people's confidence and credibility towards your invention like for instance the Nintendo WII gaming console...and speaking of copyrights and those laws... people still not aware of it and illegal downloads are widely used everyday without thinking of the copyright laws.... in fact, till today... programs like limwire, e-donkey, bit-torrent that based on P2P (Peer 2 Peer) servers are still heavily used by worldwide.... of course we love to download free of charge stuff but come to think of it..if you are the artist and what if people downloads your song but in illegal and free way... would you earn?...would you feel happy with it?....
However looking back, Intellectual property allows people from their very own trademarks or copyrighted hard work to be well protected and gain good benefit from there.....take it for instance, your very own music and once you air it to the world...you are risk to any kind of exposure like people can just copy your version and claim the music is theirs...and you lose your name and fame in just a split seconds... BUT with the intellectual property like copyright...you have the right to sue those who use your music without permission or even copy directly without informing you....
With these copyrighted and trademark, especially property like software, devices...this can greatly increases people's confidence and credibility towards your invention like for instance the Nintendo WII gaming console...and speaking of copyrights and those laws... people still not aware of it and illegal downloads are widely used everyday without thinking of the copyright laws.... in fact, till today... programs like limwire, e-donkey, bit-torrent that based on P2P (Peer 2 Peer) servers are still heavily used by worldwide.... of course we love to download free of charge stuff but come to think of it..if you are the artist and what if people downloads your song but in illegal and free way... would you earn?...would you feel happy with it?....
In the nutshell, Intellectual Property protects people and a company own ideas/works from being used illegally and maintaining their credibility among people... this also helps people to recognize the branding of a company and a person without getting confused and loosing names because of other party copy your work.. Imagine if there is few Mickey character with slightly different features...you would be thinking which is the original Mickey..or if there is another big M golden arch would you think whether is it Mcdonalds? Credibility for a company and a person is also proved to be an important factor because, it represents your company status among public...without the laws, people would steal and use it without any problems...
Hi Weng Loong
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on your point that many singers and artists put alot of their effort and sweat into their work. Indeed it is a must to apply legal copyright terms in order to protect their hard work and as well as their rights. I definitely understand the necessarity of this by putting myself in their position. Another type which i personally have a strong againist on using or buying pirated are games because it requires alot of work and skills.
Also, another point i agree with you in your last paragraph that trademark copyright is important to help and avoid the public being deceived by fake brands or companies using original logos of those well established franchies. Personally i know a case from China that there's a fake starbucks outlet chain which use their logo, but with a different yet very similar name. Many consumers got cheated and because of this incident, starbucks value and credibility gradually dropped.
Yes Loong, is definite wrong to take other people's work and claiming for one's own benefit. The least people should do is at least to give credit to the original creators and stating that even if these people wants to copy another's product, they also should state that this particular similar product created has nothing to do with the originals, like what happened in the example given by Ali. Starbucks Credibility has dropped because of a fake starbucks outlet in China, least they could do after stealing the original starbucks creation is to at least give a statement that, this particular cafe has nothing to do with the original starbucks but also crediting these original Starbucks for giving the inspiration to start the companies own particular business.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the case study Ali & Great post Weng Loong!
Haloo Weng Loong, a very impressive article once again. I think even scholars with high intellectuality will be scared to publicly show their work before the late 15th century due to the reson that it could be easily copied and nothing is could be done to punish them if they do so. The emergence of copyright law is like a lessing for original works. However its up the the producers to make sure that they take the necessary action to protect their work. If they do so, they can take a break and let the hot iron burn the hands of the wanna bee's...
ReplyDeleteHey Weng Loong
ReplyDeleteWe should be thankful the fact that copyright law was created and implemented. just if it was never created there will multiples similar songs, characters, devices etc. Also, it protects the rights of the people who has put in all their efforts in creating and owning that creation, losing to someone who claimed to be their can be heart wrenching thus we should be thankful about the copyright laws.
Hi Weng Loong,
ReplyDeleteI must admit that it is definetly a good thing that copyright law was implemented; because without it, everyone will be "stealing" one another's idea without giving credit to the person that created it.
As many of us take it as a light thing to copy and paste or copy and use and claiming its our own idea without actually really understanding the consequences and the feelings of the inventor. right?
Sharmila