Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 21, 2004 11:20 PM
hear, hear! setting up a stable government (stable in the sense it won't degrade to some kind of despotism) seems to be a real art and science, but sadly does not seem to be recognised as such; the American system of government is founded on an oh-so-noble constitution, but sadly has slowly been corrupted; copyrights for a "limited time"? seems unlimited today!
"KISS" (keep it simple stupid) is a principle that should apply to the creation of governments; if government can't be trusted to maintain "IP rights" for a "limited time" then they should not be able to enforce "IP" in the first place
"IP" really *is* oxymoronic anyway, and history shows repeatedly (for example, pre-IP to post-IP comparisons) that it hinders rather than helps *society and its individuals* (such as those *supposedly* holding the patent/copyright/protection)
almost every example of IP being used in a way that stimulates creation (written-authors holding copyright to their books, for example), seems to have a counter-example of how the individual could earn a living without enforcing IP; other benefits include freer publishing markets (less publisher control!), and a much larger public domain for creation!
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 21, 2004 11:20 PM"KISS" (keep it simple stupid) is a principle that should apply to the creation of governments; if government can't be trusted to maintain "IP rights" for a "limited time" then they should not be able to enforce "IP" in the first place
"IP" really *is* oxymoronic anyway, and history shows repeatedly (for example, pre-IP to post-IP comparisons) that it hinders rather than helps *society and its individuals* (such as those *supposedly* holding the patent/copyright/protection)
almost every example of IP being used in a way that stimulates creation (written-authors holding copyright to their books, for example), seems to have a counter-example of how the individual could earn a living without enforcing IP; other benefits include freer publishing markets (less publisher control!), and a much larger public domain for creation!
GrimRC (UK resident)
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