That idea's been around for a good while now, and it's been partly implemented in things like the OIN http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/about.php http://www.o

That idea's been around for a good while now, and it's been partly implemented in things like the OIN http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/about.php http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/about.php . Eben Moglen talks about the situation in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3QJB81rfbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3QJB81rfbs (skip to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3QJB81rfbs#t=6m44s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3QJB81rfbs#t=6m44s if you want).