On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:15 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Stealing IP ? That depends on your point of view. >
Ownership is always a perspective issue. We all just try to carve out ownership. Patents offer a way to convert work product into other things. > > My view is that IP itself is theft. The concept of IP is fundamentally > flawed. > > Knowledge should be free for all, and not 'owned' by someone for mere > monetary gain. > > I agree. But the way in which problems are solved and solutions are brought to market should be somewhat sacred. > IP is much like the church and its universal truths in the middle ages. I > thought we got rid of those shackles, now we get other ones. Instead of > church, we have large corporations. > I agree. > > If someone found a cure for all kinds of cancer, and kept it for himself > using the IP umbrella, I'd label him a criminal against humankind and send > him to trial in The Hague. > > Not if he or she was a big pharma employee. They would be given a gold watch and a few high fives. ;-)
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