"@PaSsu_Diary, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Check out the 'Bbay' page on Facebook.(I wasn't even curious to check out because I have already seen several imitations of my Facebook Group 'B-Bay Buying and Selling Second Hand Stuffs in Bhutan', but that tweet actually made me feel good. It indicates that I should be proud that people are imitating my work. And I did.link removed)"
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| The Top is mine: Rest are imitations. |
The copyright issue is out of question but the question is about ethics and self respect. Facebook is a free platform and English is full of words yet some people cannot come up with something of their own. I adopted the word 'bBay' from 'eBay' and I acknowledged that it was inspired by eBay.
They think the magic is in the word 'BBay' but the real success comes from cleaning the Group Wall of spams, non-sense, and irrelevant items on everyday. We also filter members and accept only Bhutanese or foreigners living in Bhutan. We also filter abusive Bhutanese members, and also brokers. If we have allowed every request we would have over 40,000 members by now but we wanted the group to be useful to Bhutanese. I have employed my family to look after it and take the group seriously. That's the secret behind the success of the group. If someone else it willing to provide this service so sincerely I am willing to give up but I doubt anybody would commit so much time. They only see the finished work and not the effort that went into it.
I hereby declare that you are free to imitate bBay, but I request you to imitate my commitment too.
It's very unethical people imitate exactly what you do. And online intellectual property rights or copyrights is out of question unless you registered yourself with. But it's good to see, as you said, that your initiative is really becoming hugely popular that other people have been started to imitate. Keep up your committing striking ever high and no one would ever catch you or pull you down.
ReplyDeleteI also thought that there is imitation in your work. I have come across many groups with same purpose, but seeing the group with same name is something strange, too silly.
ReplyDeleteHahha...happens..i remember me being one of the first guys to start a group and then everyone started creating one...:P
ReplyDeleteIt should be "Stuff" not "Stuffs"
ReplyDelete"Stuff" is an uncountable noun and the plural for it is also "stuff", not "stuffs"
Just thought you should know!