Posted by Jeff on June 02, 19100 at 10:47:23:
In Reply to: Re: The Perils of Copyright posted by Anders Sandberg on February 07, 19100 at 16:52:21:
: Penglai is probably less strict than New America, unless the view has changed
: due to the emergence of an information society. I think intellectual property
: in a Chinese context is more based on authority and respect for past authors
: than the western capitalist view, but I'm not certain how it would be expressed.
When I was stationed in the military in Korea I asked a Katusa (Korean augmentation to the United States Army) soldier why did Koreans and Asians in general like to pirate software, music, movies, etc. He told me that when an idea is formulated that it should be freely given to the people. This thought's basis is mired in the commune (communistic) lifestyle. Would Penglai be kind of like Arkadia's thinking in this?