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Google's Six-Front War
wasimkadak writes "While the tech world is buzzing about the launch and implications of Google's new social network, Google+, it's worth noting that Google isn't just in a war with Facebook, it's at war with multiple companies across multiple industries. In fact, Google is fighting a multi-front war with a host of tech giants for control over some of the most valuable pieces of real estate in technology."
Patents and copyrights are designed from the beginning to restrict the transfer and sharing of knowledge.
Do you have any references or speculations as to why that was the design goal of copyright and patents? Seems to me that would be quite counter-productive to any society.
Are you willing to put the slightest bit of reflective thought into a subject prior to asking stupid questions you could easily answer yourself?
You're not inspiring good discussion. You're being an intellectually lazy imbecile. If you want a reference, try the U.S. Constitution. You know, that thing that gives the federal government the authority to enact things like copyright. You have heard of this document, right?
Here's a hint for you: copyright and patents are a trade-off between the creators' desire to have a temporary monopoly and society's desire to eventually have works and inventions become public domain. Depending on how quickly you can type, it would have taken you 3-20 seconds to find this via Google. I know you can access Google because your presence here demonstrates a working 'Net connection.