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Do you have examples? Obviously it's hard to compare scales though.
by ricardo81 3y ago
Do you have examples? Obviously it's hard to compare scales though.
- TuringNYC 3y agoAny case where a small player cannot effectively defend patents they hold, but at any time, can be sued for infringement and cannot effectively defend themselves either.
- jachee 3y agoRecord labels spring immediately to mind.
- ricardo81 3y ago@TuringNYC and @jachee What had sprung to mind for me was the wholesale rip off of European IP by the US in its commercial development in the 19th century and China now with the US. I guess what I'm thinking of is at the individual level, no one cares much for re-appropriating someone elses work. It has been normalised.
- pjmorris 3y ago"Everything is free now That's what they say Everything I ever done Gonna give it away Someone hit the big score They figured it out That we're gonna do it anyway Even if it doesn't pay" - 'Everything is Free', Gillian Welch, 2001
- ricardo81 3y agoAh "No one's gonna notice if you're never right or wrong And if you and your next neighbour, yeah, ya don't quite get along No one's gonna notice if you're singing anyway Those not coming in for free will learn they gotta pay" Ian Brown, 2004.