tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975188525156028889.post3836053223064382779..comments2023-05-07T22:38:16.454+09:00Comments on Korea Pop Wars: Korea Weekend Box Office - March 6-8Mark Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471178281396296314noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975188525156028889.post-25279281872795157522009-03-16T21:47:00.000+09:002009-03-16T21:47:00.000+09:00Hi Kushibo:Thanks for the notes. Yes, I have mostl...Hi Kushibo:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the notes. Yes, I have mostly the same opinion about what is going on with Korea's selective piracy enforcement. My questions were meant to be more rhetorical. <BR/><BR/>I have written plenty of stories about how Koreans are more than willing to buy digital content. The big problem is all the jerks out there selling pirated content. Really confuses the marketplace -- people feel like they are buying the content, therefore they are not stealing. <BR/><BR/>I am not an IP Nazi. In fact, I appreciate the chaos of the Internet "marketplace." However, having hundreds of slimeballs selling pirated DVDs on every corner and subway station in Seoul is just shameful. Especially now that police are allowed to take action on their own.<BR/><BR/>(Used to be they could only respond to a complaint. Now they can enforce on their own). <BR/><BR/>No thoughts on Wondergirl imitators at all. I have no idea who is paying for their content and who is not. I do not trust anonymous sources at crappy newspapers. <BR/><BR/>However, I am pretty certain JYP Entertainment paid for the Stacy Q sample in the original Wondergirls hit.Mark Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471178281396296314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975188525156028889.post-53952235913582668632009-03-16T14:19:00.001+09:002009-03-16T14:19:00.001+09:00Oh, and do you have any thoughts on this news.Oh, and do you have any thoughts on <A HREF="http://briandeutsch.blogspot.com/2009/03/wonder-girls-plan-to-sue-overseas-grops.html" REL="nofollow">this news</A>.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975188525156028889.post-30958895177449808012009-03-16T14:19:00.000+09:002009-03-16T14:19:00.000+09:00(Kind of funny and interesting, btw, how seriously...<B>(Kind of funny and interesting, btw, how seriously OLD PARTNER's producers and the police are treating piracy of this film. I mean, I am happy that the powers-that-be are trying to protect anyone's intellectual property... but with the endemic piracy in South Korea, why is this film so special? And why don't everyone else's films deserve the same protection?) </B><BR/><BR/>Well of course everyone's deserve protection. I think that with a lot of films and other digital products (e.g., Microsoft Word) there is a sense that you aren't really "hurting" anyone by copying it without paying. <BR/><BR/>But that "piracy okay" standard doesn't apply for every product, and it can be easy to see that it can do damage for the rare product that won't succeed if people who use it/see it don't pay for it. <BR/><BR/>This was driven home with the near death of HWP, a ubiquitous word processing application that was copied far more often that it was purchased. <BR/><BR/>It was only after this culturally unique product (yes, it was unique in the way it handled many aspects of Han'gŭl) was almost sucked up by Microsoft Borg that people sat up and took notice. That's when the "buy it for 만원" campaign got started and the makers got back on their feet. <BR/><BR/>From what I understand, it seems something like that is at work here. <BR/><BR/>And if it will make people realize the value in paying legitimately for something, more power to them. Here in the US, I like the "piracy is theft" commercials they have on the DVDs. For some, at least, it gets the message home. <BR/><BR/>And then the iTunes model of encouraging people do the right thing at a reasonable price is also effective. Those things can/do/would work in Korea, too, I think.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975188525156028889.post-40488751312783446002009-03-16T14:16:00.000+09:002009-03-16T14:16:00.000+09:00(Kind of funny and interesting, btw, how seriously...<B>(Kind of funny and interesting, btw, how seriously OLD PARTNER's producers and the police are treating piracy of this film. I mean, I am happy that the powers-that-be are trying to protect anyone's intellectual property... but with the endemic piracy in South Korea, why is this film so special? And why don't everyone else's films deserve the same protection?) </B><BR/><BR/>Well of course everyone's deserve protection. I think that with a lot of films and other digital products (e.g., Microsoft Word) there is a sense that you aren't really "hurting" anyone by copying it without paying. <BR/><BR/>But that "piracy okay" standard doesn't apply for every product, and it can be easy to see that it can do damage for the rare product that won't succeed if people who use it/see it don't pay for it. <BR/><BR/>This was driven home with the near death of HWP, a ubiquitous word processing application that was copied far more often that it was purchased. <BR/><BR/>It was only after this culturally unique product (yes, it was unique in the way it handled many aspects of Han'gŭl) was almost sucked up by Microsoft Borg that people sat up and took notice. That's when the "buy it for 만원" campaign got started and the makers got back on their feet. <BR/><BR/>From what I understand, it seems something like that is at work here. <BR/><BR/>And if it will make people realize the value in paying legitimately for something, more power to them. Here in the US, I like the "piracy is theft" commercials they have on the DVDs. For some, at least, it gets the message home. <BR/><BR/>And then the iTunes model of encouraging people do the right thing at a reasonable price is also effective. Those things can/do/would work in Korea, too, I think.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.com