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Wallace and Gromit get patent-happy at Science Museum
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| The Intellectual Property Office-backed exhibit will also feature some of the
| first ever patented inventions from the Science Museum's own collection.
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| Unsurprisingly, the IPO is heavily pushing for youngsters to appreciate
| ownership, creativity and innovation as well as highlighting what "financial
| rewards" inventors can expect to receive.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/27/wallace_gromit_science_museum/
Recent:
Against Intellectual Monopoly
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| Many – including myself - believe that a better description of copyright and
| patents is to call them “intellectual monopolies”, since they are just that:
| state-granted monopolies that give the power to exclude others from using
| certain kinds of ideas.
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| Once you move away from the loaded “intellectual property”, you can examine
| objectively whether such intellectual monopolies are, in fact, beneficial for
| society – both in terms of those holding them, and those who must operate
| with them.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=427&blogid=14
Related:
Patent brainwashing in elementary schools (???)
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| Alas! The terrible things they're teaching my children in schools these days,
| probably funded by Microsoft's OnMyWay program!
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| I went to visit my son's class today, and discovered that they had been
| submitting proposals for patents, their teachers clearly no fans of
| innovation.... :-)
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9953254-16.html
Can Microsoft teach tots digital-age virtue?
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| The basis of Redmond's pitch was a small survey they sponsored where nearly
| half of the kids polled said they were unfamiliar with the rules and
| guidelines of using copyrighted media. Microsoft figured tots would be less
| inclined to steal someone's IP if they knew about the alleged consequences.
|
| A lot of digital ink was used to slam Microsoft's scheme. People need Redmond
| telling them about IP rules like they need Pavorotti schooling them about a
| well-balanced diet.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/27/microsoft_ip_curriculum_look/
Threat Of Jail Time Increases Respect For Copyright, Microsoft Says
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| It's not clear whether Microsoft's statement to teen respondents -- "When you
| do not follow these rules you are open to significant fines and possibly jail
| time" -- is entirely accurate, particularly when teens under the age of 18
| are involved. Emily Berger, an intellectual property fellow at the Electronic
| Frontier Foundation, is skeptical. "I think it's being used as a scare
| tactic," she said. "It's a real stretch of the law to say it's theoretically
| possible."
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http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206503467
Microsoft training youth to love intellectual property
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| Take, for example, its commitment to help teenagers understand the importance
| of respecting intellectual property (read: giving Microsoft more money). It
| just put out a survey showing that when kids understand the rules of
| copyright, they're "less likely to download illegally."
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| [...]
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| The one thing it didn't explain to teens is why they should retrofit
| 20th-century copyright laws onto 21st-century realities. Digitization is a
| fact. The web is a fact. Intellectual property is not the same as real,
| tangible property, and should be treated and monetized differently.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9871636-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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