Ever since i came to blog world this thing i have seen at many places , "Please don't copy". Similar words have been used in real life like music piracy, software piracy , plagiarism , etc . Confusing situation it is. At times hard to understand , where the line is , beyond which one should not go? Who are the actual copycats? Who are inspired one's ? What inspiration means? Too much
I shall try to touch some points on this topic which i have understood from different sourcs in last 3 years on this topic. Thanks to richard stallman , from him only almost all has come.
Let's start from some basic scenario , like , how many times we ask neighbors to help us , in india i am sure we ask for weird helps. No need to explain :P .If they say , sorry! whatever belongs to us is ours , not for you. What circumstances are to follow after this. Another example : many times we ask our friends to give us books , music CDs, movies CDs etc etc. Can this be called piracy ? if yes, then we should help our frinds and feel free to be accused of piracy.
Now some different examples. All of us use Newtons principle , E=mc^2 is used by us as if we were born to use this . Is this copying? Do we pay some royalities to newtons and Einsteins! for using their ideas? No , i think is the answer. Do theorems develpoed by mathematicians has any copyright associated. Just imagine if these great minds had kept their inventions/discoveries private or just barred others from using their ideas.
In modern world when we talk about piracy of softwares , i happily know many people are working day and night to provide many softwares for free and we can see the source code also . I am using 'linux' as operating system on my computer which is from open source and is free . All softwares installed on my computer are from open source , surely developed by great minds , without any selfishness. So share and let share is the motto to be followed by humanity.We should help others, knowing our work can help for devlopment of others.
But the question remains here , is anyone allowed to take credit for others work? .Big NO is the answer , the credit should always go to the person who deserves. We should use their work to improve ourselves , and should keep away from saying 'this is my work'. War between 'closed knowledge' v/s 'open knowledge is very much on. I wish , the open-source of knowlege is the winner.
p.s : not defending any copycats , but just my position on this topic
15 comments:
I liked the last para ;) Good questioning. I would say, ask before you use. Sharing and snatching are different things innit? If you ask me for something, I'll happily give it to you. Indian after all :D But if you takle it without my permission, I'll feel offended. See the difference? :D
indeed credit must always go to the creater and not those who are free-willy using it... piracy is a big problem and I have seen people copy pasting other's work ...
very interesting views you have got...
nice read...
@msr : phir bhi dil hai hindustani :P ....again so nicee of you
ya! permission is necessary...specially if we know the person in-front of us will not say no..what is harm in asking the same :)
@ laxmi : so confusing situation is prevailing ......debatable topic this is .
people will always be inspired by others to do something . Sharing has always been part of our day to day life...what is the solution?...let the debate continue...
p.s : u becoming regular on my blog..my privilege :)
thought provoking. :) i like!
oyee!! appu on my blog after ages...i was missing you on my blog :P
ahem ahem can I say this is the hottest topic around.. :P but yes I totally agree with Ms R. ask before using or at least have the audacity to put the source of the work first before the write-up or anything that is taken.. but yes.. asking would be better.. its the original creator's work after all and its his/her intellectual property so he/she should be deciding on the use of the work and who could use it. :D
@ kajal : yo!!, this is highly debatable .
Initiation can occur from both end , one should be ready to share , and other should be ready to ask for the same.
Let it work both way....any thing one dimensional is not perfect.
The last para sums it all beautifully. I'd only be reiteratinf if I say anything. :)
@ bond_gal : so many ppl loving last para , quite predictable.
I wish one day everyone will agree with other part of the story. Sad!! , masses supporting other part of the story
The topic could be discussed from variety of angles .I shall make the comment short saying it depends on the creator ,its creation and the copier.If the creator has the zeal to give away his creation without desiring for any name ,fame or credit and the copier don't even need to ask, it will be considered as sharing(though it is not) and the creator won't feel offended as well ...Take the opposite angle and you will have a different shade.
(sorry the comment still went too long)
Ms.R is right... Churaana hi hai toh ijaazat lekar churaao yaar :D
@ geeta : thakiee for long/short comment .
Surely there are many perspective of looking into this issue.
I was surprised to know many people are dedicated towards development of free software , surely not a case of piracy.
me loving : many parts of the same coin :P
@ kido : it's not churana , but is helping others .....lolz
knowledge has to be open for all.
ohk now.. again the answer is the same as said by Ms.R.. no offense in sharing, but making the exact replica of one work without permission or even asking is very much of an offensive ask.. people got to respect the authors hardwork behind the post before snatching it:)
and well, agree with you, this is a debatable topic :D
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