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another example of ip nuttiness

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1616, 12th July, 2010
Here.  It’s a blow-by-blow account of how IP law hands control of software to whoever has enough lawyers to bully the other side into submission.  Viva open source! Related Posts:yer a bunch a criminalsuncopyright and minimalismdid ip law’s absence encourage german innovation?oh, the delicious irony of it all — microsoft suggests internet taxstephen kinsella strikes [...]
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why google is so successful, and why this site exists

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1712, 8th January, 2010
And ye shall uphold copyright unto the fifteeth year, and publish liberty throughout all the cyperspace unto the surfers and bloggers thereof;  it shall be a time of rejoicing unto you;  and ye shall unshackle every work from intellectual property, and ye shall return every work into the public domain. — Leviticus 25:10, out of [...]
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