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[edit] Pepero a copy of Pocky?
The word "copy" has been thrown around often about Pepero, when it isn't really a copy considering it is a legitimate product that has been around for more than 20 years. While its origins are 100% clearly inspired from Pocky, Pepero, along with many other Korean snacks, were nonetheless started in a business environment that was hostile to Japanese companies, and thus have built up legitimacy in Korea despite being fairly obvious rip-offs (different from a copy) of Japanese products. You can purchase many Japanese snacks in Korea nowadays, but in the case of the many similar snacks (빼빼로, 새우깡, 카라멜콘땅콩, etc.), it is a little too late to enter the market and expect huge sales. This is a direct result of Korea having a closed economy for many years. However, nowadays, these Korean products are every bit as legitimate as the Japanese products are, and have indeed built up a "culture" of their own, and thus the word "copy" is a weasel word that should be avoided. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Lindberg (talk • contribs) 00:51, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Furthermore, both 'Pocky' and 'Pepero' are products of Lotte, one company based in both Seoul and Tokyo. The products have been simply branded under a different name. It is implausible to dub this peculiarity as "pirating" when the owner of the copyrights to both products is the same company. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.62.35 (talk) 10:22, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Actually Pocky and Pepero are in fact not made by the same company. Pocky is made by Glico, and Lotte (which does have a presence in Japan but does not sell its "pakuri" products in Japan) does not sell Pepero in Japan due to copyright issues. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.40.222.234 (talk) 04:39, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The real problem
Not knowing the definition of the word pakuri, I looked it up, and found a bunch of childish videos on Youtube filled with childish people accusing Japan/Korea of copying the other instead of actually discussing the differences/similarities/origins like mature adults. Perhaps I'm the ignorant one who was getting in the middle of a pointless internet rivalry, stemmed from a real rivalry.
If anybody is interested in a real discussion about exactly WHY products like Pepero show up, a similar product to Pocky, released in Korea from a Japanese company (which was founded by a Korean), let me know.
Anybody using the word pakuri or "copy product" is simply trolling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Lindberg (talk • contribs) 00:53, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
