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Rethink intellectual property laws
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| The speed of the global economic collapse is provoking a widespread — many
| would say belated — realisation that many of the beliefs underlying economic
| expansion over the past 20 years need close questioning, particularly those
| involving the relationship between the state and the market.
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| [T]he act has led to a flood of ‘upstream’ patents on basic scientific
| knowledge, leading to what some commentators describe as a virtually
| impenetrable ‘patent thicket’ blocking small-scale inventors from marketing
| their products. For example, restrictive software patents limit further
| development and commercialisation in the field of information technology.
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http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12762&Itemid=5821
Traditional Tribal Dance... Now Covered By Intellectual Property
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| I can certainly understand why they might be upset from a traditional angle,
| but it seems fairly ridiculous that you can tell people how they can and
| cannot dance.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090212/1029103746.shtml
Recent:
Patents & Financial Meltdown
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| Brian Kahin draws the parallel between the financial/real-estate “bubble”
| with the still-expanding “bubble” in patents. As Brian suggests, combine that
| bubble with a Ponzi scheme (Intellectual Ventures) and you might have a real
| perversion."
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http://www.researchoninnovation.org/WordPress/?p=108
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