Hello.
My neighbor has been playing Mario Kart all morning at top volume.
Like the soundtrack of my morning this morning was Mario Kart music, which is crazy because my neighbor isn't even that close to me.
Like they're kind of far away, you know, there's an entire yard between us, but yet somehow I can hear them play Mario Karthenne at nine in the morning at top volume.
It's crazy.
I'll be honest, it's been kind of awful, but I think that they might be done now.
Anyway, today we're talking about copying.
The interesting thing about copying is that most people, when they think of it, think that it's a bad thing.
They think copying is bad.
But if you investigate further into the concept of copying, you'll find that copying can actually be an incredible thing as well.
Copying is a complicated topic, actually.
And so I wanted to talk about it today and discuss my philosophy on copying when it's good, when it's bad, when it's useful, when it's evil, et cetera, et cetera.
And maybe we'll all learn something.
Okay, before we begin, let's look at the Oxford dictionaries definition of copying.
To make a similar or identical version of to reproduce or to imitate the style or behavior of.
We all knew that, but I just wanted to read it, make sure we're all on the same page.
And now we can begin.
I think that copying can be three things.
So first, let's discuss when copying is evil.
This is what we all think of when we think of copying the key characteristic.