Friday, January 13, 2012

Intellectual property enforcement and destroying the internet

I understand and sympathize with the concept of intellectual property. The problem is that too often the attempt to enforce intellectual property rights is far more destructive than it is helpful.

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

Posted by at 3:30 PM
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1 comments:

Dollops said...

Most "original" ideas are cobbled together from snatches of studies and chatter that will find coherent expression sooner or later. I seldom cite sources because the first to publish isn't necessarily the inventor, and subsequent re-workings often become the standard. Newton and Einstein truly broke new ground allowing others to collaborate, quibble and compete in the making of further discoveries. Many innovators have died in poverty; even more scam artists have prospered. Anyone whose property can be copied or reverse-engineered has to stay ahead of the pirates by refining their product and selling it at low, low cost (how much does Bill Gates earn per copy of Windows?).
One trick ponies just have to keep their day jobs.

January 14, 2012 10:32 AM

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