Wednesday 22 April 2009

Piracy and Pink Kitty Robot

Stay Real's Kitty Robot is now available in Hello Kitty's original pink colour. How sweet. I was eyeing this but came to realise that Kitty Robot lost its laser eyes in the pink version, making it look somewhat closer to the original Kitty. That kinda lost its appeal for me.

Stay Real has recently fallen victim to piracy. As we all know, piracy is a thriving industry in Asia. Some 2 years ago, counterfeit version of Ashin's MP3 MusiQ player that he had taken a year to design for BenQ started appearing on the streets of China a month after release.

Piracy is tantamount to stealing and counterfeiters are thieves. Consumers who support such counterfeit products are no better. I don't deny that Stay Real products are a little expensive, but we cannot belittle Ashin and No2Good’s time and effort. Have some respect for their intellectual property and support the original products.

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