Why is copying bad

Which is something that should be done! Why is it that technology that is essential for building cellphones has to be licensed and at a pretty cheap rate but technology that is selectively applicable like the dozens of patents including Swipe-To-Unlock, Unified Search, Pinch-To-Zoom etc are okay not to be licensed and yet be used to ban devices altogether?

I should have known my distaste for IP was out of historical ignorance and susceptibility to propaganda campaigns! Only a fool would ignore the self-evident and empirically observable benefits of the Courts! I have since shed my contemporary principles of non-violence and adopted "the central planners know best! Because it limits choices. Instead of 2 different options for your all-in-one desktop you have 1 multiplied by 2.

Without copying, design and implementation and business practices become bundled, reducing my options in a different way.

If I like the kind of industrial design Apple encouraged but not the prevalence of non-commodity components or the aggressive deprecation of ports and interconnects or their policies towards independent developers, I can't get the product I want.

I'd rather have commodity hardware that's beige and commodity hardware that's shiny and boutique hardware on the market, rather than have to choose one or two. The only similarity between these options are aesthetics. To argue they're the same product is to say all red coups are the same.

No, they just happen to be red. ChuckMcM on Sept 10, parent prev next [—]. This is why copying is sad not why copying is bad. You can do this if you go a Vintage Computer Festival [1] at some point. Prior to the PC there were lots of different kinds and styles, and post PC there were 'beige boxes' everywhere. Now true there were still outliers like the Epson QX10 and some others but they were quashed by the larger market. Perhaps the port access on the side of the base counts?

You're right Damn right. Plus: way to get the quote wrong. That is, it applies exactly to this situation. When you thought it was damning of Apple or ironic that people accuse HP, didn't it trouble you that the quote presents copying in a worse light that stealing? Sorry if I didn't explain my point with the quote. It wasn't obvious to me when I wrote it that it could have several interpretations. Artists commonly quote Picasso to refer that when practicing you should copy another artist that you admire.

Remember that copying is how most of us learned to draw as kids. It was a fun way to understand how shapes worked and how we could put them together to create characters, buildings, and fantastical scenes.

Copying can be a great way to learn the 5 basic skills of drawing and really cement them into your muscle memory. Shed your belief that copying is bad. When you sit down with the goal of copying a piece of art pencil line by pencil line, you have to get to know it very well.

You have to look at every single stroke and ask when, why, and how it was done. When you copy a piece of art, you need to think through all of the steps the artist took to achieve the shapes, shadows , and angles they achieved.

How did they get that shadow just right and what do you need to do to make it look the same way? This deep dive into the artistic process can teach you a lot about new techniques and ways of understanding art.

Copying is also a great way to feel more connected to your favorite artists and get a deeper understanding of their work. Use this time as a way to appreciate the art and celebrate the artists you love. You take a break from your umbrella and brush up on your perspective drawing before diving back in again. The whole purpose of copying is to learn. Learning what you need to learn is a key aspect of that.

As you work on your project, take your time to analyze the steps that are causing you problems and what skills those are associated with. Make a list of some of the skills you need to brush up on and seek out future copying projects that force you to refine those skills.

I remember the first time I ever tried to draw a realistic portrait. As I fell into an artistic flow, I was able to mindlessly shade the portrait without stressing out about the outcome.

It was fun to find art to copy that would challenge my skills with shading. Fast-forward a few months and you receive a message from someone telling you how much they loved your hand-lettered piece.

They send you a photo with your original piece of art tattooed on their body, printed on a t-shirt or painted on canvas. Entitlement is a word I like to use to describe when a person other than the original artist or designer thinks they have the right to use a design simply because they can. Most of these copies are done without the original artist ever knowing until someone points it out. When this eventually happens, you realize how small the internet can be within a small online community.

This is perfectly fine.