"Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisp...@gmx.com> wrote in message news:mailman.754.1327359014.16222.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... > On Monday, January 23, 2012 17:37:59 Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> IP is evil. That's what I love about China: Not much respect for IP. >> Thanks >> to China's disregard for such things, I have an adaptor that lets me use >> the >> fantastic DualShock2 on Xbox1, GC or PC. That would *never* happen in the >> US or any heavily-US-influenced country. The corporations and lawyers >> just >> wouldn't allow it. > > IP is not entirely evil. For instance, I think that it's perfectly > legitimate > for an author to want to be paid for the book that they wrote. The same > goes > for a song or a movie. And if I write code, and I don't release it under > an > open source license, then no one has any business using it without my > permission as long as the copyright holds. The problem is that companies > take > it way too far. Too much is protected - the prime example of this being > software patents (it's ludicrous to patent an idea IMHO) - and companies > go > too far in protecting it (e.g. MPAA or RIAA). > > The end result is that instead of legitimately protecting innovation and > inventions, IP is now frequently used to stifle innovation and prevent > competition. > > The basic concept isn't necessarily bad, but how it's been applied has > gone > way too far. >
Right. I guess I meant more "Modern IP" ;)
