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Extremely short argument: I have read Against Intellectual Monopoly, and found the arguments compelling (I trust there were no major factual inaccuracy). http:
by loup-vaillant 11y ago
Extremely short argument: I have read Against Intellectual Monopoly, and found the arguments compelling (I trust there were no major factual inaccuracy).
http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm
- wstrange 11y agoJust want to second this book recommendation. They cite examples of industries that have prospered without patent protection. Outside of pharma, the pro-patent position seems quite weak. And even for pharma there may be better models (lotteries, bounties for drugs, public funding)
- throwawaykf05 11y agoI guessed that would come up :-) Unfortunately, that book contains many fabrications and mischaracterizations of other work, which calls into question anything they say. A previous comment pointing this out: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7889290 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7889290 Another example of similar shenanigans from the same authors: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8157206 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8157206