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Oh come on, you can't seriously be using Africa as an example here. Most African countries lack basic infrastructure and many haven't had a peaceful decade in t
by glesica 14y ago
Oh come on, you can't seriously be using Africa as an example here. Most African countries lack basic infrastructure and many haven't had a peaceful decade in the last 50 years. IP is a type of law, so countries with weak rule of law probably have weak IP. But I think there is a solid case to be made that the other rule of law issues swamp IP in terms of suppressing innovation.
- M8R-fhlcjm 14y agonot so long ago (few hundred years) the new world (America) was behind African infrastructure and yet pulled itself up.
- mullingitover 14y agoOne common sense argument is that as industry developed and competition increased, the dominant players were able to perform regulatory capture to ensure that they could rule the market through easily-gamed IP laws.
- M8R-fhlcjm 14y agoExcept advancement of western civilization was much more due to technological innovations than 'gaming IP laws'.