tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post726163138213816659..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Intellectual Monopolies Kill: Two ExamplesGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-37234463134892370462009-05-27T13:36:39.247+00:002009-05-27T13:36:39.247+00:00Glyn,
Excellent! I will check out your work, and...Glyn,<br /><br />Excellent! I will check out your work, and yes, we'll definitely keep in touch on this and related issues. Thanks for the link, and keep up the good work.<br /><br />all my best,<br />DavidDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05018243335902307150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-33213917826634525402009-05-27T12:51:14.481+00:002009-05-27T12:51:14.481+00:00@David: great timing for your book, I hope it sell...@David: great timing for your book, I hope it sells well (and don't worry about the Torrents - they will *help* get the word out and thus sell it).<br /><br />I actually wrote a little bit about this (and Myriad) back in 2004, when my book "Digital Code of Life" was published:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Code-Life-Bioinformatics-Revolutionizing/dp/0471327883/<br /><br />Of course, it was far too early, and nobody was interested. Now it's totally out of date....<br /><br />I've added your blog to my RSS feed: let's keep in touch, since we're fighting on the same side....Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-61800585129688931272009-05-27T12:37:33.959+00:002009-05-27T12:37:33.959+00:00Bravo! Glad to see bloggers getting it, as oppose...Bravo! Glad to see bloggers getting it, as opposed to people like Gene Quinn at ipwatchdog who unabashedly defends pretty much any patent.<br /><br />The ACLU suit and your analysis are right on. I actually just published a book on the subject and am excited now that finally legal action is being taken. My book is entitled <I>Who Owns You? The Corporate Gold Rush to Patent Your Genes</I> and I am following the Myriad case at my own blog: http://whoownsyou-drkoepsell.blogspot.com/ I made a link there to this excellent post of yours on the subject. <br /><br />Glad to see you recognizing Levine's work on the role of IP in stifling innovation as well.<br /><br />Keep up the good fight.<br /><br />best,<br />David KoepsellDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05018243335902307150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-56491389187709600042009-05-22T21:11:03.620+00:002009-05-22T21:11:03.620+00:00@Peter: Many thanks for that. An appalling story,...@Peter: Many thanks for that. An appalling story, and a great example of why intellectual monopolies are harmful.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-28360364869554544322009-05-22T21:01:43.534+00:002009-05-22T21:01:43.534+00:00Hi Glyn. Here's a third example.Hi Glyn. Here's a <A HREF="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/patents-endanger-oa-database-on-hiv.html" REL="nofollow">third example</A>.Peter Suberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870923145970351232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-38674220080859781842009-05-22T06:47:29.269+00:002009-05-22T06:47:29.269+00:00Well, if you read studies like those in Against In...Well, if you read studies like those in Against Intellectual Monopoly (freely available from http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/againstfinal.htm), it seems that you don't need patents for R&D to happen. The advantage of bringing new products to market first is sufficient.<br /><br />The one area where that may not work is drugs, because costs are so high, but other models like prize money and direct government payment are possibilities.<br /><br />The thing is, there's a lot of mythology around intellectual monopolies, and it's important to separate out the truth that studies from economists reveal.<br /><br />As to the Bt cotton, it's obviously a complex issue. I'm not sure that an article in a magazine for US farmers is necessarily objective, but I agree that the original article I cited may also have its biases.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-61211500767526222162009-05-21T21:21:49.656+00:002009-05-21T21:21:49.656+00:00So what's the solution? If technology compani...So what's the solution? If technology companies can't patent their discoveries in order to profit from them, then the R & D doesn't get funded and the discoveries never happen in the first place. Are you expecting that government or university research can carry the R & D load without private investment? Not sure how realistic that is.<br /><br />As far as the cotton goes, the tragedy of the catastrophic rate of Indian farmer suicide pre-dates BT cotton and has more to do with the lending system that the government of that country allows no matter what type of seed the farmer chooses to plant:<br /><br />http://southeastfarmpress.com/news_archive/india-cotton-0518/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com