Weekend Assignment: Invention

Today in class we read about Smart Windows and talked about creating something new. Tell us about yours. SELL it to us! Make your writing energetic and exciting. Make us want to invest in/buy your product. You can add pictures or graphics if you'd like.

*Post by Saturday at 7pm and comment by Sunday at 2pm.

***The book is now available in the bookstore! Please buy it today! We will use it on Monday!***

What's the problem?!

Okay, folks, it's after 8pm, and two (only TWO! *Thank you Hailie and Seong-Bin!*) people have posted their assignment. WHY?! (And, yes, I DO want answers to that question!)

Seong-Bin's posting

Hi class,

Seong-Bin had trouble posting on his blog, so here is his response. Feel free to respond here.

In Korean as well as Chinese society, most people don't learn counterfeiting products is bad and illegal. Also, they are brazen enough to plagiarize other's ideas; therefore, many people do manufacture and sale copycat products without guilty.
However, it is definitely infringement to copy without permission, and it equates to stealing away other people's ideas. Besides, the more copycatter arise, the more new technolgy disappear. If imagine the shoe on the owners who were stolen their ideas, we could know how much they were depressed and stressed. For this reason, the rate of developing industries is getting slower, and finally society will be faced with economic recession.
Therefore, Korea and China goverment urgently need to enact laws so as to protect intellectual properties.

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I said that pirated goods are bad as stated above, but ridiculously I have also downloaded a number of TV programs and movies. Frankly speaking, I never felt guilty when I watched pirated movies before entering university; because most of my friends also did download movies. Moreover, I didn't know it was illegal. However, I have become guilty when I downloaded movies since I learned about protecting intellectual property at university. After knowing, I knew it is terrible. Though once a thief, always thief. I was addicted. I can not quit downloading on the computer easily. However, I am trying to stop watching counterfeiting movies. That is because, I will be an engineer in the future, and I don't want to feel bad when people steal away my ideas or my technology.
In my conclusion, I am a copycatter at the moment, but I will stop doing it some day. If you who still use copycat goods, I recommend to you also stop using it.

Thursday's Assignment

Today we talked about pirated goods. How do you feel about people pirating/counterfeiting products? Is it stealing? Is it good business? Is it a natural part of competition and development? Discuss your overall feelings on piracy on an ethical level.
Next, write about your actual behavior. Do you buy products that are copycats? Why or why not? Do you encourage others to do the same? Do you feel guilty when you watch a pirated movie, for example? Would you own a fake designer purse or coat? Why or why not? Give examples.

*Remember: post your writing by 8pm, and comment on at least 3 other people's writing before 10pm.

Wednesday's Assignment

Because many of you have had troubles with setting up the blogs, we are giving it one more try. Today, be sure that your blog is listed on the side of this blog. Then, read EACH and EVERY introduction on your classmates' blogs, and leave a comment. You also need to respond to the comments that you receive on your blog. Let's make this interactive! It's a great way to have a conversation and to get to know each other!

**Bring the book tomorrow!!

Tuesday's Assignment

Hi there,
Please create your own blog and email me the address ASAP! Your assignment tonight is to respond to EVERYONE'S introduction. It will be nice if we all feel like we know each other a bit better. Please make your comments supportive and engaging.

Welcome and First Assignment

Welcome to our class blog! Check this blog daily. Here you will find your writing assignments. As a general rule, you must post your assignments by 8pm every day and respond to 3 other people's posts by 10pm each day. Don't forget to record your blog activities on the handout I gave you in class.

For your first blog entry, introduce yourself! Tell us your major, where you're from, what you do in your free time, about your family, your hopes and dreams, etc. Help us get to know you!
**Don't forget to email me your blog address so that I can add it to this blog as a link.