[Nettime-bold] Demystifying intellectual property issues

["geert lovink" <geert@xs4all.nl>]

From: "Holger Blasum" <blasum@muc.de>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 6:56 AM
Subject: Demystifying intellectual property issues

Geert has suggested that this audience might be interested in a contribution
I made to the Oekonux conference which was held in Dortmund last April.

"Demystifying intellectual property issues"

   The creation of IP rights in modern history can be portrayed as a very
   nice illustration of the influence of various pressure groups grazing
   the commons. This view invalidates the natural right theory of
   intellectual property (IP) and leaves contract theory - however
   economists often found specific IP rights difficult to justify. A
   minimal alternative (trademarks only) and a moderate alternative
   (trademarks, industry-specific patents and short copyright) are
   discussed. Concluding are some speculations on the comparative neglect
   IP has received politically.

The URL is http://www.oekonux-konferenz.de/dokumentation/texte/blasum.html.

Many contributions to the conference on hardware, software, politics,
science
and free software from a left-wing point of view (mostly in German) are
trickling in at
http://www.oekonux-konferenz.de/dokumentation/texte/index.html.
Also in English: Graham Seaman, Free Hardware Design - Past, Present, Future
http://www.oekonux-konferenz.de/dokumentation/texte/seaman.html.

Regards,

--
Holger Blasum <holger@blasum.net>   pls sign http://petition.eurolinux.org
GnuPG 1024D/1CCA6604639C07F5146A    against software patents in Europe!




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