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They worked in the centuries before the internet. The internet is not going away. The patent system will have to.
by Qz 16y ago
They worked in the centuries before the internet. The internet is not going away. The patent system will have to.
- Vivtek 16y agoI'm ... really not sure I buy that. I'll have to think about it.
- steveklabnik 16y agoCheck out this book by two professors from Cambridge: http://www.amazon.com/Against-Intellectual-Monopoly-Michele-Boldrin/dp/0521879280?tag=duckduckgo-d-20 http://www.amazon.com/Against-Intellectual-Monopoly-Michele-... They've also made it available online, of course. http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm
- ZeroGravitas 16y ago"The Public Domain" by James Boyle is also a good book, looking at copyright, also available for free: http://www.thepublicdomain.org/ http://www.thepublicdomain.org/