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Moldy Rutabaga



Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea

PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Once there is a public outcry about a Korean getting cheated, then the public attitude will change.

This is already happening with food! The Chinese are, in essence, 'plagiarizing' kimchi by making it in China and selling it cheaply in Korea, undercutting the local market. There's a hue and cry over it daily in the newspapers.

I doubt attitudes to copying or plagiarizing will change soon; not in my lifetime, at least.

Ken:>
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moldy Rutabaga wrote:
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Once there is a public outcry about a Korean getting cheated, then the public attitude will change.

This is already happening with food! The Chinese are, in essence, 'plagiarizing' kimchi by making it in China and selling it cheaply in Korea, undercutting the local market. There's a hue and cry over it daily in the newspapers.

I doubt attitudes to copying or plagiarizing will change soon; not in my lifetime, at least.

Ken:>


There was an article in the Korea Times or whatever about Korean brand names being knocked off in China. iRiver and Samsung products were the major ones. I had to chuckle a bit.
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HapKi



Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL

PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have no problem with my students copying my coursebook.

However, since I've used the same book for many years, a few students have copied used books from my old students, or even just take the old one. This is no good, as they already have the answers and know my lecture notes before I've written them on the board!! Confused
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some waygug-in



Joined: 25 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Students copying the coursebook!!!!!!!!!!????????

What will they think of next??????

Man, if I could only get them to copy the sentences I give them off the board, then we'd be getting somewhere. Laughing
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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency

PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Copying Entire Textbooks Reply with quote

Hawkeye2 wrote:
Hi All,

I've noticed that a lot of my students go down to the copy shop and get their entire (U.S) (soft cover) textbook copied. Looks almost like the real thing, except the print quality is not as good and the pages are a little thinner. This is obviously a violation of copyright laws and intellectual property theft. Do you think this is a serious issue? Do you have any insights or opinions that could help me formulate a policy for my class and the school? Thanks for your input.


Here's the entire Korean copyright law in Korean in case you feel like talking to some of the Korean teachers about it:

http://wiki.galbijim.com/Korean_Copyright_Law

Here's the section on copyright of foreign materials:
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It basically says that if Korea has entered into a treaty with the country on copyright that it's to follow the text of that as opposed to general copyright law, but that if the company abroad has been abusing Korean copyright rules then that can be nullified.

(PS if somebody can find the entire English text of this that would be nice. Haven't stumbled upon it yet.)
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Rteacher



Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA

PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I personally think that "intellectual property rights" is a load of crap perpetrated and perpetuated by greedy lawyers. The only real originality comes from God. We live in societies consisting of cheaters and the cheated (and the biggest cheaters make the laws...) Rolling Eyes
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