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Train Operators Around The World Stopping Others From Helping Riders... Due To
Intellectual Property
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| We've already talked about those who run trains in Germany and Australia
| cracking down on people creating their own iPhone train schedule apps,
| claiming they violated intellectual property rights of the train operators.
| This makes very little sense for a variety of reasons. First, it is still
| quite ridiculous that any sort of factual information can be covered by
| copyright -- but in Europe such "collections" of information can be covered
| by the database copyrights -- the idea that if you put factual information
| into a "database" that database then deserves copyright protection. Europe
| has this, while the US does not -- and studies have shown that contrary to
| what copyright supports insist, this increased right has actually hindered
| the database industry in Europe... but that hasn't made the law go away.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090326/1211254264.shtml
Help people without broadband around the world
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| That's it. Nothing special or fancy. It won't solve the world problems, but
| it may help a few people. I'm not fully sure about possible legal
| implications of shipping software around the world, but I don't see major
| obstacles that prevents ordinary users, de-facto individual non-profit
| organizations, from helping fellow humans around the globe.
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http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/help-broadband.html
Recent:
Time to rethink intellectual property laws?
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| Conversely, there is widespread anecdotal evidence that the act created a
| mind-set among many researchers that their knowledge represents a potential
| goldmine not to be shared with potential competitors (i.e. those working in
| other universities) - at least until it has been protected by a patent
| application.
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| Similarly, the act has led to a flood of “upstream” patents on basic
| scientific knowledge, leading to what some commentators describe as a
| virtually impenetrable “patent thicket” blocking small-scale inventors from
| marketing their products. For example, restrictive software patents limit
| further development and commercialisation in the field of information
| technology.
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http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8543&page=1
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