They missed Q3A, surely the best free game out there. In 2005, id Software released the complete source code under the GNU GPL. The copyrighted textures have been duplicated by way of Open Arena. With Q3A/Open Arena, comes many amazing mods such as Challenge Pro-Mode (CPMA) and Urban Terror (UrT).
IP generally includes patents, trademarks, and copyright protection. It's not confusing, rather, it just refers to these three bodies of law aimed to allow private agents to internalize the positive externality of knowledge by way of a government-granted monopoly and promote its dissemination into the public domain after a set period of time.
Just because college students aren't willing to buy over-priced music, does not mean they don't believe in IP. The fact that we buy over-priced textbooks (~$600-1300/year) doesn't mean we agree that copyright should apply to works for use in educational contexts -- it's because eBooks aren't available for download. Most college students I know see an important economic externality that is solved by IP with respect to patents and copyright, but I don't know anyone who agrees with the DMCA. The contingent valuation of software, DB, and genes patents by the younger generations are far more interesting to me.
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They missed Q3A, surely the best free game out there. In 2005, id Software released the complete source code under the GNU GPL. The copyrighted textures have been duplicated by way of Open Arena. With Q3A/Open Arena, comes many amazing mods such as Challenge Pro-Mode (CPMA) and Urban Terror (UrT).
Yes, Urban Terror has been around forever. It's a mod of Q3A, and now has a stand alone client.
IP generally includes patents, trademarks, and copyright protection. It's not confusing, rather, it just refers to these three bodies of law aimed to allow private agents to internalize the positive externality of knowledge by way of a government-granted monopoly and promote its dissemination into the public domain after a set period of time. Just because college students aren't willing to buy over-priced music, does not mean they don't believe in IP. The fact that we buy over-priced textbooks (~$600-1300/year) doesn't mean we agree that copyright should apply to works for use in educational contexts -- it's because eBooks aren't available for download. Most college students I know see an important economic externality that is solved by IP with respect to patents and copyright, but I don't know anyone who agrees with the DMCA. The contingent valuation of software, DB, and genes patents by the younger generations are far more interesting to me.