08-08-2003, 10:57 PM
I'm a man and I'm from the UK
I have quite a lot of Polish acquaintances, both in real life and from gaming as well as a few close friends
I didn't mean it as a put-down
I do think however that reverence for copyright is very much tied to the role it plays in the economy and sadly Poland recieves very little revenue from copyrighted works despite having many talented and artistic people
I also think that to some extent the length of time the majority of the population has been exposed to the internet has some play
When the internet started here in the UK most people making web pages simply surfed till they found a site they liked then grabbed the code (via View Source) and had a play with it. I'm not talking about a long time ago - late 90s - and there really wasn't a strong sense of IP rights with regard to this stuff. As more and more of us have become content providers rather than content users the sense of ownership has emerged.
I can't really comment on conditions in Poland - my impressions have been gathered second hand and for people's anecdotal stories
I can comment on conditions in Kenya and Pakistan where I have worked. In both of these countries there is virtually no sense of ownership with regard to anything that can be easily copied whether electronically or on a photocopier
I have quite a lot of Polish acquaintances, both in real life and from gaming as well as a few close friends
I didn't mean it as a put-down
I do think however that reverence for copyright is very much tied to the role it plays in the economy and sadly Poland recieves very little revenue from copyrighted works despite having many talented and artistic people
I also think that to some extent the length of time the majority of the population has been exposed to the internet has some play
When the internet started here in the UK most people making web pages simply surfed till they found a site they liked then grabbed the code (via View Source) and had a play with it. I'm not talking about a long time ago - late 90s - and there really wasn't a strong sense of IP rights with regard to this stuff. As more and more of us have become content providers rather than content users the sense of ownership has emerged.
I can't really comment on conditions in Poland - my impressions have been gathered second hand and for people's anecdotal stories
I can comment on conditions in Kenya and Pakistan where I have worked. In both of these countries there is virtually no sense of ownership with regard to anything that can be easily copied whether electronically or on a photocopier