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<nettime> Demystifying intellectual property issues (fwd)
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- Subject: <nettime> Demystifying intellectual property issues (fwd)
- From: Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 12:40:17 +0200 (CEST)
Ganz nett:
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 22:56:57 +0200
From: Holger Blasum <blasum@muc.de>
To: nettime-l@bbs.thing.net
Subject: <nettime> Demystifying intellectual property issues
Geert has suggested that this audience might be interested in a contribution
I made to the Oekonux conference that was held at Dortmund in May.
"Demystifying intellectual property issues"
The creation of IP rights in modern history can be portrayed as a very
nice illustration of the influence of various pressure groups grazing
the commons. This view invalidates the natural right theory of
intellectual property (IP) and leaves contract theory - however
economists often found specific IP rights difficult to justify. A
minimal alternative (trademarks only) and a moderate alternative
(trademarks, industry-specific patents and short copyright) are
discussed. Concluding are some speculations on the comparative neglect
IP has received politically.
The URL is http://www.oekonux-konferenz.de/dokumentation/texte/blasum.html.
Many contributions to the conference on hardware, software, politics, science
and free software from a left-wing point of view (mostly in German) are
trickling in at http://www.oekonux-konferenz.de/dokumentation/texte/index.html.
Also in English: Graham Seaman, Free Hardware Design - Past, Present, Future
http://www.oekonux-konferenz.de/dokumentation/texte/seaman.html.
Regards,
--
Holger Blasum <holger@blasum.net> pls sign http://petition.eurolinux.org
GnuPG 1024D/1CCA6604639C07F5146A against software patents in Europe!
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