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Everything is a Remix Part 3 (Original Series, 2011)

Kirby Ferguson · 500.8K views · 2011-06-22 · 11:17

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Part 3 of Kirby Ferguson's Everything is a Remix series, using Apple and the iPhone to show how invention builds on copying and combining prior ideas. It argues that creativity and innovation are inseparable from copying.

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Cited in copyright and patent debates to argue that creative works and inventions evolve by building on earlier ones.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2011–2018

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kubrickslair · 2011-08 · Strong recommendation

Parent and grandparent, take some deep breadths and relax. Please don't quibble. Then watch this rather insightful video titled 'Everything is a Remix' [VIDEO] And pardon me, for coming off as arrogant, but I hate to see trivial fights here when you are missing the bigger picture.

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nextparadigms · 2012-02 · Recommendation

Look around in any industry you want. How would you define competition, if nothing but very similar products to the original product of that type in that particular market? This video describes very well how inventions get created and then evolve for the benefit of everyone: [VIDEO]

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cromwellian · 2018-04 · Reference

No, everyone is accused of copying Apple, and Apple gets a pass when they come out with something that other companies already did. But the least similarity to anything Apple does is often labeled a copy, sometimes even requiring time-travel as the supposed copy was released first. Take for example the idea that other companies copied Apple's thin bezels. The predecessors for that were the Sharp Aquous, Xiaomi Mix, Samsung Galaxy S8, and Essential Phone. Samsung even had "True Tone" long before Apple started marketing it, but were accused of copying it. I favor Kirby Ferguson's take on this ( [VIDEO] ), and we are better served by companies taking designs from others and improving on them, and open publishing and sharing, and the incessant cry of "Redmond Start Your Copiers" is really wearing thin.

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