Given artistic intellectual monopoly rights (copyright) were originally conceived as a means of encouraging innovation by providing monopoly rights in the short term, dissolved in the medium term, what effect on society do you expect to see from the extension of these originally temporary monopoly rights effectively into permanent monopolies ?
Given inventors intellectual monopolies (patents) were conceived in a time when the number of independent inventing, communicating groups was relatively small with a slow information culture, whereas today the number of groups is spectacularly larger, with a high speed information culture - what effects do you think the current inventors monopoly system (patents) with it's slow to grant, lack of recognition of the potential of independent invention, relative cost free nature for large corporations unchecked will have on future innovation,and invention ?
Finally, given the original aims - cultural & intellectual enhancement of society by the granting of temporary monopolies of control - are positive, and taking into account the original setup - 14 years for copyright, renewable for 14 years, with patents granted few and far between, how should the balance be restored ? Should we return to this situation, but with enforcement of copyright & patents made stronger - as publications like The Economist suggest, limits on number of patents per inventor? Limits on patents patentable per year by any patent office? Peer review? or something else?
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Given artistic intellectual monopoly rights (copyright) were originally conceived as a means of encouraging innovation by providing monopoly rights in the short term, dissolved in the medium term, what effect on society do you expect to see from the extension of these originally temporary monopoly rights effectively into permanent monopolies ?
Given inventors intellectual monopolies (patents) were conceived in a time when the number of independent inventing, communicating groups was relatively small with a slow information culture, whereas today the number of groups is spectacularly larger, with a high speed information culture - what effects do you think the current inventors monopoly system (patents) with it's slow to grant, lack of recognition of the potential of independent invention, relative cost free nature for large corporations unchecked will have on future innovation,and invention ?
Finally, given the original aims - cultural & intellectual enhancement of society by the granting of temporary monopolies of control - are positive, and taking into account the original setup - 14 years for copyright, renewable for 14 years, with patents granted few and far between, how should the balance be restored ? Should we return to this situation, but with enforcement of copyright & patents made stronger - as publications like The Economist suggest, limits on number of patents per inventor? Limits on patents patentable per year by any patent office? Peer review? or something else?