How Edison Nearly Destroyed the Movie Industry

2 09 2010

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Obama administration: "Piracy is flat, unadulterated theft"

31 08 2010

US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke went to Nashville yesterday to address a symposium on intellectual property enforcement, and he threw down the gauntlet: the Obama administration will find, board, and scuttle digital pirate ships, and the SS Copyright is going to get a new coat of armored plating.

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Michele Boldrin, "Against Intellectual Property" (MP3 audio), Econtalk, 2009/05/18

22 08 2010

Copyright and patent play in incentives for investments, but may go too far in deterring parallel developments.

Michele Boldrin of Washington University in St. Louis talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about intellectual property and Boldrin’s book, co-written with David Levine, Against Intellectual Property.

Boldrin argues that copyright and patent are used by the politically powerful to maintain monopoly profits.

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US releases IP enforcement strategy

22 06 2010

Today, Vice President Joe Biden and Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, released the U.S. government’s official IP enforcement strategy.  The plan — developed following extensive public consultation — identifies 33 key action items to combat intellectual property infringement, both domestically and internationally.

Download the PDF to read the complete 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement.

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Design without Copyright

30 05 2010
Johanna Blakely at TED: Lessons from Fashions free culture

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