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Production imitation refers to the practice whereby one company develops a product that closely resembles or replicates that of another company, typically to capitalize on existing market demand or reduce innovation costs.

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[โ€“] Soot@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's annoying, because production imitation is fundamentally a cool thing that should be normal and beneficial and enormously widespread. But Capitalism has to artificially limit it because eliminating scarcity prevents the innovator making money. (And as usual, 'artificial limits' can be bypassed with even more money, meaning rich people get to copy whatever they want at the expense of poor workers anyway).

In a system where everyone just lived a fulfilling healthy life either way, we could innovate enormously better, more openly and more cooperatively.

[โ€“] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 8 points 20 hours ago

a reminder that "intellectual property" laws are literally thought crime and the most absurd idea human beings have ever come up with