> Alas, this was the way to work around the huge mess that is IP laws.
Or, and I realize this is a long shot, we could come to the realization that "intellectual property" is an oxymoron.
Small hope, I know.
Or, and I realize this is a long shot, we could come to the realization that "intellectual property" is an oxymoron.
Small hope, I know.
It's a complex topic, really - on the one hand, you have the boneheaded stupidity of software patents, or of music and movie licensing (that have little to do with compensating original authors and performers, and is instead about middlemen getting rent); but on the other hand, you have drug research and $manybillion silicon fabs, which kind of require IP protection even exist.
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Aaron-Swartz-Opening-a...
Joseph Stiglitz, "Knowledge as a Global Public Good," in Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century, Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg, Marc A. Stern (eds.), United Nations Development Programme, New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 308-325.
http://s1.downloadmienphi.net/file/downloadfile6/151/1384343...
What the academic publishing industry calls "theft" the world calls "research": Why Sci-Hub is so popular
https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4p2rwk/what_th...