• DocumentCode
    3561331
  • Title

    From DIY Computers to Illegal Copies: The Controversy over Tinkering with Microcomputers in Taiwan, 1980–1984

  • Author

    Tinn, Honghong

  • Author_Institution
    Cornell Univ., NY, USA
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    75
  • Lastpage
    88
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2011.38
  • Filename
    5771313
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3561331