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> Alas, this was the way to work around the huge mess that is IP laws. Or, and I realize this is a long shot, we could come to the realization that "intellectu

> Alas, this was the way to work around the huge mess that is IP laws. Or, and I realize this is a long shot, we could come to the realization that "intellectual property" is an oxymoron. Small hope, I know.

TeMPOraL 8y ago
I would love that too.
- c4h8o3del 8y ago
  This post contains most of what I would want to say about it. http://harmful.cat-v.org/economics/intellectual_property/ http://harmful.cat-v.org/economics/intellectual_property/
err4nt 8y ago
I'd love to hear more about why intellectual property is an oxymoron - you have piqued my interest :D
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  It's in the sense that the current implementation of idea ownership is mostly a ham-fisted exercise in rent-seeking. Ideas work best when left to spread, mix, and be freely used. It's a complex topic, really - on the one hand, you have the boneheaded stupidity of software patents, or of music and movie licensing (that have little to do with compensating original authors and performers, and is instead about middlemen getting rent); but on the other hand, you have drug research and $manybillion silicon fabs, which kind of require IP protection even exist.
- dredmorbius 8y ago
  "Copyright has become the single most serious impediment to access to knowledge". Copyright scholar Pamela Samuelson. http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Aaron-Swartz-Opening-access-to-knowledge-4224697.php http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Aaron-Swartz-Opening-a... Joseph Stiglitz, "Knowledge as a Global Public Good," in Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century, Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg, Marc A. Stern (eds.), United Nations Development Programme, New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 308-325. http://s1.downloadmienphi.net/file/downloadfile6/151/1384343.pdf http://s1.downloadmienphi.net/file/downloadfile6/151/1384343... What the academic publishing industry calls "theft" the world calls "research": Why Sci-Hub is so popular https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4p2rwk/what_the_academic_publishing_industry_calls_theft/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4p2rwk/what_th...
- c4h8o3del 8y ago
  This post contains most of what I would want to say about it. http://harmful.cat-v.org/economics/intellectual_property/ http://harmful.cat-v.org/economics/intellectual_property/

TeMPOraL 8y ago

I would love that too.

c4h8o3del 8y ago
This post contains most of what I would want to say about it. http://harmful.cat-v.org/economics/intellectual_property/ http://harmful.cat-v.org/economics/intellectual_property/

err4nt 8y ago

I'd love to hear more about why intellectual property is an oxymoron - you have piqued my interest :D

TeMPOraL 8y ago
It's in the sense that the current implementation of idea ownership is mostly a ham-fisted exercise in rent-seeking. Ideas work best when left to spread, mix, and be freely used. It's a complex topic, really - on the one hand, you have the boneheaded stupidity of software patents, or of music and movie licensing (that have little to do with compensating original authors and performers, and is instead about middlemen getting rent); but on the other hand, you have drug research and $manybillion silicon fabs, which kind of require IP protection even exist.
dredmorbius 8y ago
"Copyright has become the single most serious impediment to access to knowledge". Copyright scholar Pamela Samuelson. http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Aaron-Swartz-Opening-access-to-knowledge-4224697.php http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Aaron-Swartz-Opening-a... Joseph Stiglitz, "Knowledge as a Global Public Good," in Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century, Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg, Marc A. Stern (eds.), United Nations Development Programme, New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 308-325. http://s1.downloadmienphi.net/file/downloadfile6/151/1384343.pdf http://s1.downloadmienphi.net/file/downloadfile6/151/1384343... What the academic publishing industry calls "theft" the world calls "research": Why Sci-Hub is so popular https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4p2rwk/what_the_academic_publishing_industry_calls_theft/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4p2rwk/what_th...
c4h8o3del 8y ago
This post contains most of what I would want to say about it. http://harmful.cat-v.org/economics/intellectual_property/ http://harmful.cat-v.org/economics/intellectual_property/