name-brand knockoffs. ( Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Rebellion in China) "Shanzhai" can also be stretched to refer to people who are look-alike‚ low-quality or improved goods‚ as well as things done in parody. In Shenzhen‚ those imitations‚ pirated brands and goods possess large prevalence‚ particularly electronics. I have brought this to my home when traipsing around with my friend‚ an electronic fanatic‚ in Shenzhen. Entering into the electronics mall‚ I saw a stupendous multitude of similar
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and development * the company invested about $1‚041 million in research and development for fiscal years ended March 2007‚ much more than other competitors * Popularity of Games * Example: Madden NFL 07 alone sold over 5 million copies last year‚ which puts the total tally of Madden games sold to just over 60 million Weaknesses * Dependence on consoles * Just because a new and amazing console is created‚ that doesn’t mean that people will run out to buy it (Playstation
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ACADEMIC ENGLISH II CD WILL BE LOST By Ibnu Dian – 1401089592 For more than two decades‚ most Indonesian people buy CD to listen into their favorite music. People still like to collect the physical artifact of the artist‚ until the Internet‚ MP3s‚ piracy‚ iTunes‚ Napster‚ YouTube and Melon.co.id kicked in over the past 10 years. The problem lies on CD sales has devastated by Digital music‚ leaving an industry in decline. Is CD too expensive? Does people prefer to get music illegally more rather
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Those who become advocates for strong IP (intellectual property) protections underline that technological (such as in our case – video game duplication) innovations take extensive energy and skill sets in order to create; however‚ they are very easy to copy. Therefore replicating material suppresses innovation. Then there are those who think that such material is free and easy to download directly on the device of choice without any physical or tangible add-ons. Advocates of such behaviour argue that
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another on a single computer and/or from one computer to another‚ using a variety of methods‚ without the knowledge and consent of the computer user. A worm is a specific type of virus that propagates itself across many computers‚ usually by creating copies of itself in each computer’s memory. Many users define viruses simply as trick programs designed to delete or move hard drive data‚ which‚ strictly speaking‚ is not correct. From a technical viewpoint‚ what makes a virus a virus is that it spreads
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The problem is global counterfeiting and piracy‚ which accounts up to an estimated $600 billion a year. Intellectual property in the form of books‚ music‚ product designs‚ brand names‚ process innovations‚ software‚ film‚ and many others are easy to copy. Counterfeiters leave no product category untouched and the knockoffs sell for a fraction of the price of the real thing to eager buyers worldwide. The main factors that have contributed to this problem are the internet and globalization. Since
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF NON-DECEPTIVE PIRATED PRODUCTS A Project Report Submitted in Partial Fulfilment for the Degree of Masters in Business Administration Submitted by- Anurag Sah C-46 Akshita Srivastava C-47 Ira Purohit C-48 Kirtana Cheeyanna C-49 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY‚ PUNE September 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to express our
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Fighting the online video game wars in China 1. Introduce case: Definitions 2. Information about China: Country profile: China has a tremendous market for video games. With close to 40 million gamers‚ China was commanding $1 billion in revenue in 2007. Putting these numbers into perspective: 40 million gamers equals the total population of Switzerland‚ Israel‚ Austria‚ Honduras and Bulgaria combined. Today‚ China‘s gaming public‚ meaning people that play on a regular basis‚ exceeds the population
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THE RECORDING INDUSTRY 2006 PIRACY REPORT PROTECTING CREATIVITY IN MUSIC CONTENTS 03 INTRODUCTION 04 THE MANY FACES OF MUSIC PIRACY Physical piracy shows no signs of abating Internet piracy: losses to the industry New forms of digital piracy 06 TACKLING INTERNET PIRACY – PROMOTING LEGAL SERVICES Providing new legal services Enforcement Education: a job for industry and governments P2P legal landscape improves Virus fears surround illegal P2P The spread of pre-release
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ELECTRONIC BUSINESS (BEB3014) CHAPTER3: CASE STUDY CASE STUDY: Microsoft and the People’s Republic of China Software piracy has been a major challenge for software makers such as Microsoft that want to sell software in the global marketplace. Laws that protect intellectual property vary from country to country‚ and the laws in many countries provide little or no protection. Governments in developing countries are reluctant to increase the protections afforded by their intellectual property
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