Except that Apple cannot possibly win if the trial goes in a Chinese judicial court. China's government loves and defends its culture of copyright theft.
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Xiaomi Uses Official Apple Memoji Ads to Promote its 'Mimoji' Clone, Allegedly by Accident
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Except that Apple cannot possibly win if the trial goes in a Chinese judicial court. China's government loves and defends its culture of copyright theft.
Accidentally dragged apple.mp4 to the upload page instead of apple_copy.mp4
Yes, yes it is.
[doublepost=1562350369][/doublepost]I am not surprised. They have a history of copying Apple.
It's a very efficient strategy. If you get caught, have your PR department apologize. If there's no other consequence, why pay money to develop your own designs?
“We only meant to copy the the ad in form and function, not actually upload the original ad itself,” — former Xiaomi intern
Yeah, just your typical “morally bankrupt company stealing a competitor’s effective, expensive and well-produced marketing ads” situation. Nothing to see here, no big deal, happens all the time.
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Have they ever invented anything on their own or do they just copy everything other people do?
If you're going to blatantly copy an emoji, Apple's are probably the worst to poach IMO. I would have went with BitMoji
Well, ok. But random, irrelevant and off-topic post. Just sayingI really love my Mi Band 4, even sold my Watch 3 for it. Just saying
Did they also "accidentally" replace the Apple logo with Xiaomi?
This kind of crap really drives otherwise unbothered people, ok with the competition, to become outright opponents of the brand and of the Chinese culture of copyright infringement. I didn't care either way for Xiaomi but now I just want to see them banned in the West. Let them copy all they want in the Chinese market. They shouldn't be allowed to do business in countries that value intellectual property.
This kind of crap really drives otherwise unbothered people, ok with the competition, to become outright opponents of the brand and of the Chinese culture of copyright infringement. I didn't care either way for Xiaomi but now I just want to see them banned in the West. Let them copy all they want in the Chinese market. They shouldn't be allowed to do business in countries that value intellectual property.
Xiaomi clearly cloning Apple’s stuff to the point that they think they can get away with “accidentally” posting the wrong ad content. Huawei has been busted several times for using DSLR images (stock ones at that) and claiming them to be from their phone. Sheesh.
Copying someone doesn’t have the same negative taste everywhere. If anything it could be seen as honoring someone in some cultures
This is why I am surprised a lot of folks buy products from Samsung or Chinese knock offs! Why spend money on half ass clones when you can buy the original product? Why invest your hard earned dollars encouraging laziness versus innovation?