Your Answer ▼ It is a common belief that copying should be banned because it is illegal behaviour that steal other’s property. However, there is a more persuasive argument that a society could be developed by copying other’s achievement. On the one hand, people think that copying someone’s ideas can have a negative influence on our society. When people copy other people’s ideas without permission, it becomes difficult to protect their new inventions from being stolen. As a result, original inventors often can economic damaged from competitors who copy the invention illegally. For example, one China company produced electronic devices, which have the same design with Apple products, and they earn a lot of money from the items. However, Apple lose the possession and their market due to serious plagiarism. Thus, it is clear that sometimes too much copying could become a crime. Nevertheless, copying other’s work help the development of society. In fact, various fields have advanced as copy new ideas and this has had a positive effects on human’s lives. For instance, when scientists develop new medicines to treat disease, many companies copy the work in order to improve the medicine. In this way, many diseases now can be cured by using copied and improved medicine. This show that copying someone’s idea and working together can produce a positive outcome. To sum up, while it is apparent that copying other people’s ideas can bring negative consequences, it is undeniable that it can bring positive effects like new developments in medicine. |