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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 11 2012 @ 09:47 AM EDT |
I'm not sure I can do it justice.
Pertaining to this particular subject, however: The main argument is that there
is conclusive historical evidence dating back to the 1790's that patents as a
monopoly grant do not actually promote innovation. The story that is told in the
first chapter, of James' Watt's steam engine patent, describes very well why and
how they do not work as designed. And it is far from the only example.
And no, I'm not digging for hits. I have no relation to the authors of this book
at all. I merely agree with them.
And now that I have understood, finally, what the entire problem with the Patent
System is - namely, that it's a misguided concept that sounds cute in theory but
doesn't actually work - this entire discussion about software patents as a
category seems rather silly and shortsighted.
Patents are about granting monopolies on ideas. Some industries have become
addicted to such monopolies, making people mistakenly believe that we need them.
We do not.
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| Authored by: mrisch on Monday, June 11 2012 @ 01:46 PM EDT |
I've butted heads with Prof. Levine on this. He makes many
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