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I guess now you can udnerstand the difference between "Inspiration or Inspired by" and "Blatant Rip-Of"f
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Dear Mods, I think the thread should be CLOSED now (many would agree). I never wanted this discussion to be a BIG BAD ARGUMENT SESSION. My personal conclusions from this thread:
1) The Chinese are big fat copycats. I never had any doubt about that.
2) Taking a few bits from here and there = "INSPIRATION"
Complete copying = "COPYING"
So by the same logic, if a scene from a bollywood movie is copied from a hollywood movie, it is "INSPIRATION". If the whole movie is copied, it is "COPYING".
3) If a big manufacturer has a car which has some design cues similar to a successful car, it is Inspiration. If the manufacturer is a smaller one, then it is copied. I can find some examples where a car made by a smaller manufacturer with
some famous design elements branded as "rip-offs".
4) I think there is a myth developed that bigger manufacturers can never copy... even if one of their models do appear a bit copy, then it is purely a "coincidence".
5) I still stand by all my views. I am
not saying that Chinese are not copycats.
I can still give many more examples with pictorial proof but it is going to be a waste of time...