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Increasingly, I'm wanting to live in a place where there is no IP law whatsoever. Is there such a place on earth at the moment?
by jMyles 9y ago
Increasingly, I'm wanting to live in a place where there is no IP law whatsoever. Is there such a place on earth at the moment?
- aaronbrethorst 9y agoExperts and activists are raising concern over the lack of proper intellectual property laws in South Sudan, as the world’s newest nation’s admission into the East Africa Community (EAC) spurs anticipation of increased investment. https://www.ip-watch.org/2016/03/08/as-south-sudan-joins-east-african-community-some-experts-worry-over-its-ip-laws/ https://www.ip-watch.org/2016/03/08/as-south-sudan-joins-eas... #1 on this list is South Sudan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Fragile_States_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Fragile_S... South Sudan also happens to be #14 on this list: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/galleries/The-worlds-most-dangerous-places/south-sudan/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/galleries/The-worlds-most...
- pluma 9y agoPutting it this way creates the impression that a lack of IP laws directly results in political instability and danger to people's lives. That's incredibly disingenious. The reason South Sudan is such a horrible place is that it only recently gained independence and has been caught up in its own civil wars pretty much constantly. The reason its IP laws are practically non-existent is probably that it just hasn't been a practical concern for the young nation yet.
- wetmore 9y agoI did not read it that way; I read the comment as saying "here's a place you could move that has no IP laws, but you probably don't want to move there for this other reason".
- krzrak 9y agoMost probably these places are North Korea, Somalia and such, and you don't want to live there.
- pizza234 9y agoYes - China. According to some it's culture, to others legal theft, but regardless of judgement, China has weak/weakly enforced IP laws. Be aware that having such weak IP laws it's not really as great as one would think. Having to deal even with counterfeited bottled water is not exactly desirable.
- InitialLastName 9y agoIn that case, could we just take strong Trademark protections without copyright and patents? I also like to be able to trust that the widget I'm buying is made by the company it says it is, and won't burn down my house, but that doesn't mean it should be impossible to copy the internals.
- louithethrid 9y agoYou could have a blockchained production process- every supplier confirms that his part was used in the product, the end result is a product that is nearly reliable.
- laythea 9y agoIf that was the case, there would be relatively little IP to protect and it would stunt overall progress, in my opinion.
- mywittyname 9y agoEven if they expired after 10 years, it would be great. Of course, that would never happen, but if it did, we'd end up with a wonderful cottage industry for aspiring artists making derivative works of "old" music, movies, and games. It seems like most of our modern culture is going to be lost because companies won't release the IP, but they also won't spend the money to maintain it.
- loeg 9y agoIndia has fairly lax IP law compared to the US.