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Xiaomi Uses Official Apple Memoji Ads to Promote its 'Mimoji' Clone, Allegedly by Accident
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Sounds more like they accidentally uploaded the original version of the graphics that they took from Apple's website, you know, before they edited it ever so slightly to suit their needs.
Why hasn't Apple sued them into oblivion yet?
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This. Absolutely this.
Yes, the disregard by a corporation of copyright is wrong and happens relatively often.
But let's not generalize the ethics of an entire population over such things.
No, it doesn’t look like that at all.
It looks like Xiaomi got caught red handed stealing copyrighted material.
And by doing so completely misunderstood what Picasso and Jobs were saying.
There’s no such thing as bad press... This blows over and everyone know Xiaomi has products similar to Apple’s, but much less expensive. People get puffed up about corporate behavior, but in the end they really don’t care. They put their money in cheap and convenient. That’s how Uber has survived— by banking on amoral self interest winning the day.
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So other than the word "Mimoji" in the middle, I take it that's an official Apple ad for Memoji? Because frankly I don't see how that would appeal to anyone over the age of nine.
You don’t have to “patent” this content. It’s protected under copyright.
If your first thought, after xiaomi even “apologizes”, is that Xiaomi must have been in the right, you need to pay more attention.
I don’t get too bent out of shape when products or services appear similar, but this isn’t similar. The “product” is one letter different and they marketing is so identical that the company that created it confused Apple’s material as their own. You CAN’T have any more proof of intellectual theft than that.
Xiaomi even in China is known as a copycat company; it's that bad. But it's hard to avoid them because they are so cheap in comparison... you know when you budget for 0% R&D, 100% sales and marketing, it's easy to sell thing for cheap.
Why is this surprising? Xiaomi already told you this model is CC9 -- carbon copy.
If Apple decides to sue (and suing a Chinese company in China isn’t exactly easy) then Xiaomi may have to pay a few dollars.
Mom the other hand, this move just bought them a shedload of free publicity.
“Hey look, our phone does that thing those expensive iPhones do!”
Mom the other hand, this move just bought them a shedload of free publicity.
“Hey look, our phone does that thing those expensive iPhones do!”
Apple can't do much because they need China to make their phones. China protects its own so Apple would be wasting time and potentially making things harder for themselves....
if Apple has access to a screen recording of the page before the video clip was removed, and, if the recording shows that they removed the original "Khalid + Memoji" and "Apple Music" marking at the end of the video clip and put on their own marks.
Super fine however it’s when they profiteer over the copying, that it moves from flattery to theft. And the flattery statement really just becomes a smoke screen criminality. Did I really have to explain the obvious smh
They have the attitude of “just do it and ask for forgiveness later” although it is flattering to be copied, their courts won’t give two f*cks about some American lawsuit
Chinese is bullying the world in an unprecedented speed. Is there nobody willing to punish them for their ignorance and arrogance?
I simply cannot stop thinking about plagiarism when “Memoji” and “mimoji” looks awfully similar and the design looks so similar as well. No wonder why Chinese invent heavily in surveillance, easier for them to just steal stuff.
I simply cannot stop thinking about plagiarism when “Memoji” and “mimoji” looks awfully similar and the design looks so similar as well. No wonder why Chinese invent heavily in surveillance, easier for them to just steal stuff.