Monday, March 27, 2006

Intellectual Property Run Amok

One of my pet peeves is the misuse of intellectual property rules, and the creation of such rules solely to add to the bottom lines of the current owners of the "rights" rather than to encourage the creation of new works. This article in Mother Jones outlines some of the stupidity involved in overprotecting, i.e. preventing access to, so-called "intellectual property."

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