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Boyle on Webcasters and WIPO

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 26, 2005 @07:58PM from the adversity-is-good-for-the-soul dept.

pjones writes "It's always amazing to see an article in Financial Times that supports webcasters and open source, but James Boyle sticks it to the World Intellectual Property Organization in his latest article, "More rights are wrong for webcasters." Boyle lays it out so that "economists, political scientists and people who simply want to make money" can get what's wrong."

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Is it that amazing? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-26 20:33 · Score: 5, Interesting

It seems logical that the FT would be on the side of business - and of course, they are. Virtually their entire readership would agree that making money is a good thing.

However, taken as a whole, entrenched monopolies and cartels are not good for business. Small businesses and startups are essential for the economy, especially in fast growing sectors. Economists know this. As such, it's not all that surprising that the FT will take a stance that is against that of the multinationals.