Internet&freedom
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ACTA
Internet Evolution - The Macrosite for News, Analysis, and Opini
A combination of an announcement by DT and a Pew survey is showing us what the next-gen Internet may look like, and why. The demand for flexible services, created by rewired, iPhoned, social brains, combines with cloud and optical technology to create something totally new!
It is common to argue that intellectual property in the form of copyright and patent is necessary for the innovation and creation of ideas and inventions such as machines, drugs, computer software, books, music, literature and movies. In fact intellectual property is not like ordinary property at all, but constitutes a government grant of a costly and dangerous private monopoly over ideas. We show through theory and example that intellectual monopoly is not neccesary for innovation and as a practical matter is damaging to growth, prosperity and liberty.
Against Intellectual Monopoly
QuestionCopyright.org | A Clearinghouse For New Ideas About Copy
Well, it's been a long time coming: we moved into our new headquarters this weekend. As you can see, at last there's room for all our staff -- no more doubling up at desks, no more working in shifts, no more waiting lists for parking spaces.
La Quadrature du Net
Philippe Aigrain, co-founder of La Quadrature du Net, in collaboration with Suzanne Aigrain, describes in his new book Sharing the creative contribution, a financial model designed to sustain an expanding creative economy in a context where sharing is recognized as a right.