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[News] Intellectual Freedom Demotes Intellectual Monopolies; US Candidates Wants Reform

  • Subject: [News] Intellectual Freedom Demotes Intellectual Monopolies; US Candidates Wants Reform
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:00:04 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Six impossible things before breakfast

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| Intellectual freedom versus intellectual property
| 
| The liberation of information has been going on for a long time: one might 
| say for all of human history, as history itself is one of the oldest forms of 
| information sharing. There are several major landmarks dotting that course, 
| which I might point to: the invention of spoken language, of writing, of ink 
| and paper, of block printing, movable type printing, digital typesetting, 
| electronic distribution, and most recently, the internet.     
| 
| Each of these steps has produced an opening up in the exchange of 
| information, resulting in more efficient technological progress, followed by 
| additional steps in increasing our communications abilities. These steps have 
| been associated closely with massive and rapid improvements in science, 
| health, and standard of living, for most of human history. And, despite 
| post-modernist angst, the reality is that there aren’t many of us who would 
| genuinely trade our present lifestyle for that of our ancestors: especially 
| if we consider the additional pressures imposed by population growth.       
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/books/mihrfc/six_impossible_things_before_breakfast

US presidential campaigns clash on patent law

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| Intellectual property advisors to both US presidential candidates have said 
| that the US patent system is in need of reform. The advisors told a meeting 
| at last week's Democratic Conference that patent quality must be improved.  
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http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=9401


Recent:

McCain senior advisor Carleton Fiorina

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| But the fact is. A company that wants to invest in patent lawyers can expand
| the number of patents it holds as it likes. Just reallocate resources to the
| legal department. And HP under Carly Fiorina did that, increased the number
| of patents it applied for dramatically. But does it mean more innovation?
|
| [...]
|
| I recently noticed that SUN Microsystems announced to abandon its patent
| inflation strategy as over-patenting was not worth the investment. It is
| difficult to assess the strategic value of a mine field and you don't find
| good data how much profit is generated by patents, which patents generate
| profit or benefit for the company and which are not worth the investment. In
| most companies investments in patents follow a rule of thumb. Large holders
| seek profit with patent portfolios like hunters with a shotgun aim for a
| flock of birds.
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http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-86439/mccain-senior-advisor-carleton-fiorina


McCain advised by software patent & tobacco lobbyists?

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| McCain is advised by pro-software patent lobbyist Ray Gifford, ex-President
| of the Progress & Freedom Foundation (a Washington 'think-tank' notably
| financed by Microsoft lobby proxy CompTIA). Gifford was speaking in a
| conference Europe about the failed software patent directive with all the
| pro-software patent lobbyists. Progress & Freedom Foundation runs the
| IPCentral blog.
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http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-86361/mccain-advised-by-software-patent-tobacco-lobbyists
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