David Metzler
05-27-2008, 07:48 AM
An interesting topic posted on Slashdot
'What's the Solution To Intellectual Property?'
Which started a discussion on 2 topics:
1 — Do you acknowledge the legitimacy of intellectual property to begin with? That is, do you believe that intellectual property is a valid construct equivalent to physical property, or do you think it's illusory? If not, why?
2 — If so, how would you go about protecting the rights of intellectual property holders in a way that doesn't require unfair usage limitations or resort to predatory abuse of the tort system?"
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/26/0310204&from=rss
Many posts about the length of copyright protection being too long; but not so much about eliminating it.
'What's the Solution To Intellectual Property?'
Which started a discussion on 2 topics:
1 — Do you acknowledge the legitimacy of intellectual property to begin with? That is, do you believe that intellectual property is a valid construct equivalent to physical property, or do you think it's illusory? If not, why?
2 — If so, how would you go about protecting the rights of intellectual property holders in a way that doesn't require unfair usage limitations or resort to predatory abuse of the tort system?"
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/26/0310204&from=rss
Many posts about the length of copyright protection being too long; but not so much about eliminating it.