Title :
From DIY Computers to Illegal Copies: The Controversy over Tinkering with Microcomputers in Taiwan, 1980–1984
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
In the early 1980s, tinkerers assembling and modifying microcomputers opened up this black-boxed technology and helped popularize microcomputers in Taiwan. Such activities, however, prompted copyright suits between Apple Computer and Taiwanese computer manufacturers. This article delineates the debate around those suits and examines how this practice shaped new social meanings of microcomputers in Taiwan.
Keywords :
copyright; microcomputers; Apple Computer; Taiwan; Taiwanese computer manufacturer; black-boxed technology; copyright; microcomputer; Consumer electronics; Copyright protection; Government policies; History; International relations; Microcomputers; Production facilities; Research and development; Apple Computer; Apple II; History of computing; Taiwan; compatibles; microcomputers; software; tinkering;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2011.38
