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> Public domain is interesting because it arguably benefits the rest of the world more than the originating country. I could understand benefits equally, but h
by cwkoss 5y ago
> Public domain is interesting because it arguably benefits the rest of the world more than the originating country.
I could understand benefits equally, but how does it benefit other countries more than originating country?
- Karrot_Kream 5y agoNet benefit, not gross. Other countries can have the innovation with none of the investment. I can easily think up a scheme where countries pump their brightest to go to a country with good infrastructure and lax public domain rules and reap the benefits.
- ninjanomnom 5y agoThere are more people in countries that aren't the originating country. Anything which benefits everyone equally will benefit that group more, it's not about an individual other country benefiting more. It's technically true but I find it to be another unfortunate example of "us" vs "them"
- 8note 5y agoBy funding the invention, the origin country also gets the inventors, who are likely more valuable than the invention itself. Having the capability to invent seems way more powerful than having access to inventions
- tester34 5y agoonly for some peroid of time, later you lose that advantage, I guess