For those interested in Copyright and Patents, I would highly reccommend the book 'Steal This Idea' by Michael Perelman. A lot of depth + research, and it isn't solely focused on softare patents as perhaps groklaw has been, so it provides a broader perspective.
It provides some great examples of how Patents are stopping innovation, and about how the breaking of Patents through compulsory licensing schemes has lead to numerous innovations, for example, in how radio developed as a consumer item, as opposed to an expensive piece of military hardware. Amid all the "market fundamentalist" rhetoric that's out there it is a refreshing look and it challenges the conventional wisdom that Patents, as presently being administered by the USPTO, foster innovation. On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:02:24 -0600, "Jerry W. Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > An excellent essay on copyright in the age of the Internet by Karl Fogel. > Karl is the developer of Subversion. > > "...copyright was never about paying artists for their work, and that > far from being designed to support creators, copyright was designed by > and for /distributors/..." > > http://www.copyrightmyths.org/promise > > -- > Jerry Hubbard > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ -- Erich Friesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
