tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post6037794292198498013..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Your Money or Your LifeGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-17996816846955771062007-07-22T21:59:00.000+00:002007-07-22T21:59:00.000+00:00Thanks for the links.I think you're right about th...Thanks for the links.<BR/><BR/>I think you're right about the coming focus on what I prefer to call intellectual monopolies (am I beginning to turn into Richard Stallman, I wonder?), since, as you know, they are government-granted monopolies, and not property in any meaningful sense.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I'd go so far as to say that many of the arguments we are mired in today (hello RIAA, hello software patents) are caused by using the wrong words in this context, which leads to dubious logic (to say nothing of hand-waving and/or sloganeering).<BR/><BR/>We shall see.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-73658221273502985072007-07-22T21:19:00.000+00:002007-07-22T21:19:00.000+00:00Glyn,Interesting posts on innovation and medicine....Glyn,<BR/><BR/>Interesting posts on innovation and medicine. <BR/><BR/>IP balance is going to be critical according to 2thinknow research.<BR/><BR/>I've been looking at the broader context of innovation models at (<A HREF="http://www.2thinknow.com/innovation/" REL="nofollow">http://www.2thinknow.com/innovation/</A> ). Also IP protection and am at a <A HREF="http://2007.wordcamp.org/schedule/past-present-future/" REL="nofollow">WordCamp 2007 presentation</A> listening to them talk about the same topic!<BR/><BR/>There's also some resources I've been compiling on <A HREF="http://innovatorau.stumbleupon.com/" REL="nofollow">innovation and patents</A> lately so others can share emerging ideas as we do some research.<BR/><BR/>Great work Glyn!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Christopher HireChristopher Hirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00696522767679812689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-61122305607215862952007-07-22T11:41:00.000+00:002007-07-22T11:41:00.000+00:00Well, that's certainly the case that is mentioned ...Well, that's certainly the case that is mentioned in these circumstances. I don't claim to know this field as well as that of software, but my impression is that it doesn't really encourage innovation: if you look at the drugs that are produced, they tend to be copy-cat drugs aiming to solve the diseases of the affluent West. There is no innovation in coming up with cures for the killers of developing countries.<BR/><BR/>A very good intro to all this can be found in the (free online) book <A HREF="http://www.dklevine.com/papers/ip.ch.9.m1004.pdf" REL="nofollow">Against Intellectual Monopolies</A> (it's a PDF, I'm afraid.)Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-15667555448201128852007-07-22T09:43:00.000+00:002007-07-22T09:43:00.000+00:00I agree that software patents have a lot of proble...I agree that software patents have a lot of problems, but patents are still useful in some cases.<BR/><BR/>A simple case I can think of is the pharmaceutical industry. I heard that developing a new drug can cost ~900 million USD. <BR/>I do not think many companies would invest this kind of money without the promise of having a patent for several years.<BR/><BR/>So in this case, but for a different reason, the patent system does encourage innovation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com