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Chambers of Commerce are apparently only very loosely associated, and the politics of various international Chambers of Commerce diverge a lot. Perhaps there i

by nmcfarl 15y ago

Chambers of Commerce are apparently only very loosely associated, and the politics of various international Chambers of Commerce diverge a lot. Perhaps there is room for another national level Chamber of Commerce for the US - one with a more progressive outlook, with a look towards building new businesses and industries, not protecting dying ones. I wonder if the dues from Google, Yahoo, the CEA, and Apple (all mentioned in the article for having or thinking about dropping out over politics), would be enough to bootstrap such an organization…...

joe_the_user 15y ago
I believe we're seeing, or at least I hope we're seeing, a collision between the rent-seeking faction of American corporations and the productive, profit-making factions of American corporations. It would be very nice to see a coalition of companies who stood together on the principle of protecting the profits that come from creating more opportunities instead of the rent that comes from a variety of state-supported monopolies (Patents, "intellectual property" (Hollywood, patent trolls), monopoly on the use of telephone poles(AT&T).
- yuhong 15y ago
  Yea, I know. In fact, I believe the culture of greed of legacy MBAs is closely related to rent-seeking.
redthrowaway 15y ago
"I wonder if the dues from Google, Yahoo, the CEA, and Apple (all mentioned in the article for having or thinking about dropping out over politics), would be enough to bootstrap such an organization…" None of those companies would be particularly interested in such an organization, as they are all monolithic "old" organizations in their own right. Apple, Yahoo, and Google don't want to push through legislation that would make it easier to compete with them. Apple, certainly, is uninterested in patent reform and Google's criticisms of patent law in the US are likely to subside as they build a big enough portfolio to successfully defend themselves from the Apples and Microsofts of the world.
- yuhong 15y ago
  This has nothing to do with patents.

by nmcfarl 15y ago

joe_the_user 15y ago

I believe we're seeing, or at least I hope we're seeing, a collision between the rent-seeking faction of American corporations and the productive, profit-making factions of American corporations. It would be very nice to see a coalition of companies who stood together on the principle of protecting the profits that come from creating more opportunities instead of the rent that comes from a variety of state-supported monopolies (Patents, "intellectual property" (Hollywood, patent trolls), monopoly on the use of telephone poles(AT&T).

yuhong 15y ago
Yea, I know. In fact, I believe the culture of greed of legacy MBAs is closely related to rent-seeking.

redthrowaway 15y ago

"I wonder if the dues from Google, Yahoo, the CEA, and Apple (all mentioned in the article for having or thinking about dropping out over politics), would be enough to bootstrap such an organization…" None of those companies would be particularly interested in such an organization, as they are all monolithic "old" organizations in their own right. Apple, Yahoo, and Google don't want to push through legislation that would make it easier to compete with them. Apple, certainly, is uninterested in patent reform and Google's criticisms of patent law in the US are likely to subside as they build a big enough portfolio to successfully defend themselves from the Apples and Microsofts of the world.

yuhong 15y ago
This has nothing to do with patents.