Re: [OS:N:] Intellectual monopolies and ethics and Muidallap
"M. Fioretti" <[email protected]>
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On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 17:04:09 at 05:04:09PM -0400, Paul D. Fernhout ([email protected]) wrote: > Les Bell wrote: > >and they want to take away my current right to control my own intellectual > >products. That's what a world without IP would look like, as far as I can > >see. > > One issue here is what do "my own intellectual products" extend to? > Also, how do they interrelate to or build upon other people's > intellectual products? > > For example, should you not pay royalties on using the alphabet (perhaps > to someone who purchased those rights from the government itself, like > telecoms purchase spectrum licenses)? If not, why not? No, of course, because it is a non proprietary communication protocol like TCP/IP and protocol, with a few very specialistic possible exception, should not be patented. And even if they were patented, patents (still) expire after 17 years, so you should convince teenagers to switch to a new alphabet as soon as they leave high school... > copyright and patents will someday look like -- where rights to patents > and copyrights are owned forever This very proposal was already presented last year in US, wasn't it? I remember Sonny Bono's name attached to it, don't ask me why. > Be careful of crafting a legal code where only those who work for > big media companies (signing over all rights) can be creative -- and > even then, only in ways the big media companies allow. Well put. As I, Les and others said, the goal is a system were authors can be creative and be directly rewarded if they want, and a leveled field. Ciao, Marco Fioretti -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>