tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post3601150242008411706..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Wrestling with a pig—debating intellectual propertyPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-60234326753784042862013-04-03T15:44:54.971+13:002013-04-03T15:44:54.971+13:00"intellectual property" has no meaning a..."intellectual property" has no meaning as soon as an intellectual work is shared, because the work no longer has the quality of exclusive posession which is essential for all property. <br /><br />The corporatists typically ignore the concept of fair use and wrongly label any sharing of a copyrighted work as theft.UglyTruthhttp://www.actsinjunction.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-90711323220173584872013-04-03T12:27:44.863+13:002013-04-03T12:27:44.863+13:00If I understand you your position is that the crea...If I understand you your position is that the creation of IP is an act of creating wealth that creates a property right which should be protected (I remain interested in what this philosophies position on independent invention is).<br /><br />There are disagreements that people may have with the current state of IP laws that may be correct and do not contradict that position.<br /><br />For instance Software and Business Methods patents. As currently constituted they do not, generally, protect actual wealth creation but stand as toll barriers to the creation of wealth.<br /><br />In software work which is valuable may be a rigorously described algorithm or thoroughly tested instruction set or some other computationally useful intellectual effort.<br /><br />But what is often patented is a deliberately vague and useless description of an idea intended to stake out territory not actually contributed to by the patent application.<br /><br />It can be consistent with the philosophy that wealth creation in IP is property to be protected that the current patent law for Software and Business Practices is a rort on actual wealth producers.<br /><br />And I hope that specific arguments against NZ facilitating such rorts are not confused with generic debate on the philosophy of IP laws.Fentexnoreply@blogger.com