Intellectual Property
Technology and a Better World
The Times Editorial Observer featured Make Magazine’s Mister Jalopy today, who issues a simple request: Please make it easier for us to tinker with your stuff. Yes, many of us marvel at technological wonders, but others want to engage it, play with it, and even make it better. Mister Jalopy’s latest mission is taking the [...]
Using A Mallet to Smash Shiny Myths
Full of whacking metaphors?! My favorite kind of review! Marginal Revolution takes Against Intellectual Monopoly to task. In addition to all the whacking, poster Alex Tabarrok does my other favorite kind of review; one that really engages the authors and argues nuances with them. Against Intellectual Monopoly is a relentless, pounding, take no prisoners attack [...]
Trademark Abuse
David K. Levine is a professor at UCLA and author of Against Intellectual Monopoly. This post, from Against Monopoly, along with the ensuing discussion, poses some questions: Do trademarks represent an identity? What rights do we have to our identities, corporate and otherwise? From AM: As you may know I am much more favorably inclined [...]
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