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The Case Against Intellectual Property

Posted by michael on from the pay-to-play dept.

dhilvert writes "David Levine and Michele Boldrin argue that current IP laws encourage an inefficient rent model and stifle the potential for innovation without intellectual monopoly. Levine teaches at UCLA and maintains an Economic and Game Theory page."

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  1. IP by absurdhero · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, That idea is my intellectual property. Time to get out the ol' IP Army again...

  2. Re:Lawyer Fodder by notaspy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your comments are outrageous.

    I am a patent attorney, and I am dismayed by the anti-lawyer comments this thread has generated. "Contrived to feed lawyers"???!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!

    The comments I've read seem to divide humans into two broad groups, lawyers and people. Hey, I'm a person too! In fact, most patent attorneys I know are neither evil nor interesting. Ever see a prime time drama about PATENT lawyers?? Damn right!

    I wish I knew where to start refuting all this negativity, but I haven't the foggiest. Just because you're right doesn't make it hurt any less.

    Won't anybody give a poor lawyer a break?

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  3. Re:It's even worse now... by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 2, Funny
    Hey, did you know that even Lawyers need malpractice insurance?

    Talk about living in a hell of your own making.

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