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Batik-Makers Say "Tidak" to Copyright
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| Interestingly, this is very close to the situation for software. The batik
| motifs correspond to sub-routines: both are part of the commons that everyone
| draws upon; copyrighting those patterns is as counter-productive as patenting
| subroutines, since it makes further creation almost impossible
| without "infringement". This reduces the overall creativity - precisely the
| opposite effect that intellectual monopolists claim.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/07/batik-makers-say-tidak-to-copyright.html
Are Patents Intellectual Monopolies? You Decide
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| Talking of intellectual monopolies, you may wonder why I use this term (well,
| if you've been reading this blog for long, you probably don't.) But in any
| case, here's an excellent exposition as to why, yes, patents are indeed
| monopolies...
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/07/are-patents-intellectual-monopolies-you.html
What Are Intellectual Monopolies For?
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| We can't possibly have dveloping countries protecting their traditional
| medicine and national lore - "genetic resources, traditional knowledge and
| folklore" - from being taken and patented by the Western world. After all,
| companies in the latter have an inalienable right to turn a profit by
| licensing that same traditional knowledge it back to the countries it was
| stolen from (this has already happened). That's what intellectual monopolies
| are for.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/07/whats.html
Intellectual monopolies: wealthy aristocrats claiming power over others using
pieces of paper, using these as an infinite welfare system.
Recent:
Another Example Of Patents Putting Lives At Risk
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| Given that Shafer refused to live up to the terms of the deal that he had
| never agreed to in the first place, ABL moved forward and sued Shafer
| directly, and that case is now ongoing -- even as Shafer hopes to invalidate
| the patent through the Patent Office itself. The whole thing is yet another
| story of how patents are being used to stifle innovation -- and sometimes put
| lives at risk. It's tragic that we've been seeing so many such stories
| lately.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090610/2202565196.shtml
Do Patents On Your Website Make You Liable For False Marking?
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| One of the things that tends to keep patent lawsuits in check between two
| larger competing companies is the "patent nuclear war" scenario -- which is
| that if one company sues the other for patent infringement, the latter
| company often can hit back with an equal number of infringement charges.
| Thus, the incentives are for companies to stockpile lots of patents, but not
| necessarily use them... though it does happen occasionally.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090606/1139255152.shtml
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