Michael Perelman's book, "Steal this Idea," is very good on this topic.
No. Copyright does not promote serious invention. Joanna ----- Original Message ----- There's an interesting story in today's NY TIMES about the success of Bell Labs. [ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/opinion/sunday/innovation-and-the-bell-labs-miracle.html ] It would be interesting to compare Bell Labs to Lucent Technologies and Alcatel-Lucent, which seem to be a failure compared to BL. I'm no expert, but Lucent's history suggests that competitive capitalism can slow or even prevent serious invention (while AT&T's monopoly capitalism stifled the implementation of inventions). Another thing the article should have examined is the role of intellectual property rights. While Bell Labs was all about sharing information, the new regime is about keeping knowledge secret. -- Jim Devine / "In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." -- Paul Dirac _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
