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The Demise of IP?

Posted by Zonk on from the unlikely dept.

meetmeonaholiday writes "CNet has an interesting article on why intellectual property owners should worry. Melanie Wyne explains how open source and open standards will lead to the downfall of IP and hurt competition rather than aid it." From the article: "As part of the discussion between Massachusetts and software developers who would be affected by the state's mandate, the designer of the OpenDocument Format policy, Eric Kriss, flippantly stated: 'Here we have a true conflict between the notion of intellectual property and the notion of sovereignty, and I'd say that 100 percent of the time in a democracy, sovereignty trumps intellectual property.' This sounds positively pre-Boston Tea Party to me ... It reflects the currently fashionable idea that confiscatory government policy must be used to even the score (whatever that means), thrusting highly demanded, privately risked IP out of the hands of legitimate property owners and into the hands of other, favored actors to further 'develop' it."

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  1. Throw your Microsoft boxes into Boston Harbor! by RouterSlayer · · Score: 4, Funny

    So are we going to see a real-life Boston tea party all over again?

    Are we going to (hopefully) see thousands of people throwing boxes of Microsoft products into the harbor?

    Who can organize this and when can we have the party?
    (I'm serious!)

    and bring your x-box 360s too!

    1. Re:Throw your Microsoft boxes into Boston Harbor! by dancingmad · · Score: 3, Funny

      Are we going to (hopefully) see thousands of people throwing boxes of Microsoft products into the harbor?/i?

      Dude, no fish deserves that.

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    2. Re:Throw your Microsoft boxes into Boston Harbor! by SnarfQuest · · Score: 2, Funny

      Are we going to (hopefully) see thousands of people throwing boxes of Microsoft products into the harbor?

      Will that cool them enough to keep them from crashing?

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  2. Netcraft confirms it by saskboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    TCP is Dying! IP is near demise, and Iraq's insurgency is in its last throes.

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    Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
  3. The Demose of IP? by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 2, Funny

    In that case, we might as well listen and start switching to IPv6....

  4. Is it just me... by PhilHibbs · · Score: 4, Funny

    or is that article so full of shit that it's hard to know where to start?