User:RB515/OIM (method)

OIM (observe, imitate, and modify) (Indonesian: Amati, tiru, modifikasi (ATM)), or alternately known as observe, copy, and modify (OCM) is one of the popular methods in Indonesia's creative industries and business. This method is purposed to provide opportunities for business to always create fresh, creative, unique, and competitive products or strategies. This method consists of three steps, namely observing (competitors, media, or anything), imitating or copying, and modifying. This method goes back to the fact that there is no longer ideas which 100% actually original. All of which is processed from anything exists before. Despite initially become popular in creative industries and business, this method is also widespread over several other things such as research, literature, etc.

The difference of this method to plagiarism is a modification or an innovation, therefore making it no illegal. This method includes creativity progress to change or transform an object to imitate for unique thing.

Case study
Samsung Galaxy Tab