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Intellectual Property Laws bad for business

Posted by Hemos on from the intellects-are-sometimes-bad-for-business dept.

mshiltonj writes "The NYTimes has a story called "Report Raises Questions About Fighting Online Piracy" that talks about how the stringent enforcement of current Intellectual Property laws (see: RIAA) may acutally be bad for business. It's the not EFF or FSF saying this, it's professors at Harvard Business School and Cardozo Law School. The professors say, "The ideas of copy-left, or of a more liberal regime of copyright, are receiving wider and wider support, It's no longer a wacky idea cloistered in the ivory tower; it's become a more mainstream idea that we need a different kind of copyright regime to support the wide range of activities in cyberspace." and "Bits are not the same as atoms. We need to reframe the legal discussion to treat the differences of bits and atoms in a more thoughtful way.""

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  1. Academia .... by gus+goose · · Score: -1, Troll

    .. No personal attacks intended, but it has taken academia 10 years to discover what I already knew in '94. "Many hands make light work".

    gus

    --
    .. if only.
  2. morons muzzle corepirate nazi felons/murderers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    by not giving them any more of yOUR money?

    tougher daze ahead? lookout bullow.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creators.... that should shed some light on yOUR subjects.

    tell 'em robbIE? don't save everything for the interview?

  3. Free, free, free by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    95% of the justifications on Slashdot for looser copyright can be summarized as follows: "Information wants to be free, because I want free music/movies/games." And the veneer of pop-idealism underpinning this sentiment is so hollow and obvious.

    The remaining 5% of posts concerned with open source software make a good point, however.

  4. White pride by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    the amateur soldiers roaming the streets are likely to capitulate when faced with professionals from an international force

    Ain't it great to be a member of the great white tribe?

  5. Pffft! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    GPL == Slavery
    Free Software Developers == Niggers
    But don't you fret; if history has taught us anything, it's that Free Software will soon have a civil war, in which the side that is against Slavery will win (but just barely). In fact, we are already starting to see this with all these licensing issues and incompatibilites with the GPL. Soon, you Niggers will be writing pure American-Capitalistic closed source commercial software that will make your country proud of you. Until then, don't let your master whip you too hard.
    Love always,
    Jerry Falwell