[Interesting angle to the present situation in the software industry - Sandip :) ]
Intellectual Property moves toward a feudal system By Pablo Lorenzzoni
I just read the most interesting ebook I read this year: Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig.
It can be downloaded from Amazon
I will just transcribe one of the more important (IMHO) paragraphs:
"There is a history of just such a property system that is well known in the Anglo-American tradition. It is called 'feudalism.' Under feudalism, not only was property held by a relatively small number of individuals and entities. And not only were the rights that ran with that property powerful and extensive. But the feudal system had a strong interest in assuring that property holders within that system not weaken feudalism by liberating people or property within their control to the free market. Feudalism depended upon maximum control and concentration. It fought any freedom that might interfere with that control."
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