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Thoughts on copycat products and professional ethics

2008 is China’s “Copycat Culture Year”. From the copycat mobile phones at the beginning of the year to the copycat Spring Festival party at the end of the year, the copycat phenomenon is overwhelming and appears in almost all fields. So what kind of professional ethics is reflected from it?

Some people say that copycats are simply imitations, but others say that there is innovation in copycats; some say that copycats do not respect the intellectual property rights of others, but others say that copycats have broken the technology monopoly of some Western countries. ; Some people say that copycat culture is a backward culture, but others say that copycat culture is an advanced culture; some say that copycat culture embodies the bad nature of the nation, but others say that copycat culture is precisely a manifestation of a nation's ability to learn and make continuous progress. ——In this way, copycat culture took root in the quarrels among Chinese scholars.

Copycats are a product of the Internet and the result of the so-called Internet culture. In the official eyes of China's Internet culture, most people on the Internet are rebellious. Rebellion on the Internet initially manifested itself in the form of excessive self-esteem, which can be clearly seen in Internet chat rooms and blogs; later it manifested itself in pranks, of which Hu Ge is a representative; and later it became a "copycat". Shanzhai is a summary of all previous Internet behaviors, and it is also a sublimation of rebellion, because Shanzhai is no longer a rebellion in a single field, it seems to represent the future.

Chinese people have never believed in religion, but this does not mean that there is no main line of faith in the history of Chinese civilization. It is just that this main line is not as clear as the religious line in the West. In fact, the Chinese people's belief trajectories are ever-changing, and the gods who serve as the ultimate authority are also diverse. In modern times, the belief trajectories have become chaotic and chaotic. After the reform and opening up, there is almost no trace to follow. Without the help of religious beliefs, the work of managing people's beliefs becomes much more complicated and has always failed. It is obvious that the Internet culture in China today dominates the souls of most young people.

The reason why copycats have become the core of culture can be attributed to the lack of proper guidance for young people’s rebellion, or it can be said that the mockery of reality and the powerful fills the emptiness of the soul, but in fact it reflects It is a failure in the cultural field. Children in China will not go to church with their parents. The generation gap between them and their elders is very serious, and there is no way to resolve the resentment in their hearts. Therefore, caring for the hearts of young people is more important in China than in any other country. When online games and other online things become popular, they fill this gap and make many people addicted. This is the fundamental reason why "copycat" can become the core of culture.

The intensification of social conflicts and the psychological pressure of the younger generation are growing up in an unbearable environment. Its primary characteristics are that it is difficult to study and find employment. People's suppressed hearts will naturally produce moral rebellion. China The number of netizens in the world is number one. Therefore, this kind of copycat thinking that comes from the soul is also very scary. As long as materials are scarce, violence will occur; as long as the soul is empty, professional ethics will inevitably be rebellious.

In my opinion, the current legal system of professional ethics certainly deserves people's high attention, but if the legal system suppresses people's emotions and inhibits a nation's innovation ability, then it is the legal system that needs to be reformed. Rather than copycat culture. Among the various copycat cultures, there are both "spoofs" of well-known Western brands and combined innovations of Western patented technologies. Just like Chinese gunpowder was spread to the West, and the West used it to make guns and opened the door to China, "the wind and water have changed." Now the Chinese use this method to copy all Western technologies, including their way of thinking, and then Used to "dissolve", "digest", "kill" and "consumption", this is a tradition that the Chinese nation has had since ancient times. In that turbulent era of foreign invasion, we no longer tolerated, but closed the country; we no longer tolerated, but established a literary prison. After all, such an era has passed, and we are now fully enjoying all the achievements of human civilization.

If Western countries believe that their rights have been harmed, they can file a lawsuit to assert their rights. In one lawsuit after another, people will gradually discover the problems that exist in the construction of China's legal system. In a fair trial, the boundaries between imitation and innovation, legality and illegality will emerge. Don’t panic about copycat culture, and don’t use legal and moral sticks to try to wipe it out.

This is a stage that a nation must go through in its development, and it is also a historical process in which a nation continues to learn and progress.

Copycat culture contains a strong grassroots flavor. Copycat culture is a re-understanding and consumption of foreign culture. Shanzhai culture is a kind of self-entertainment. Shanzhai culture is a special reflective culture, but it cannot be excluded from the moral field.

The professional ethics of businessmen is that they do not want their brands to become copycats; celebrities do not want their images to become copycats; news media do not want their programs to become copycats; scholars do not want their works to become copycats. Become a copycat. Ultimately, there is both economic calculation and egocentric sentiment involved. However, if a nation does not learn to be tolerant, then this nation will not have a broad living space; if a citizen does not learn to be tolerant, then this citizen will be clinging to the old and self-contained.

To be tolerant of copycat culture means to stop oneself and observe the dappled sunlight cast by leaves; to be tolerant of copycat culture is to smile knowingly at the same faces in the bustling city. Tolerating copycat culture does not mean contempt for the existence of the law, but rediscovering the humorous connotation of the law; tolerating copycat culture does not mean ignoring the work of others, but developing together on the basis of mutual respect.

Those scholars who gnash their teeth at copycat culture may have forgotten the process of human growth. From toddlerhood to classroom learning, we are always enriching our minds on the basis of learning from human civilization, thereby accumulating strength for the creation of civilization. During this historical process, people could not distinguish between cottage culture and temple culture, and people were all equal in the ideological field. Whether we come from a mountainous countryside or a bustling city, we are all equal members in the face of culture. Neither legal monopoly nor social status monopoly can cover up the fragrance of copycat culture.

So the professional ethics reflected can only be said to be a stage of social progress. Shanzhai is a kind of learning, Shanzhai is a kind of entertainment, Shanzhai is a way of life, and Shanzhai is also an attitude towards life. . We need Shanzhai culture because we must change the temple culture that has been formed in China for thousands of years. We must break the traditional hierarchical concepts and deep-rooted prejudices, and strive to create a new lifestyle so that freedom, equality, and freedom flow through everyone's body. Fresh blood of fraternity.