Comments on: Copyright Treaty http://melissablogs.com/2009/11/04/copyright-treaty/ Information Pollination Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: O Bloody Hell http://melissablogs.com/2009/11/04/copyright-treaty/comment-page-1/#comment-17232 O Bloody Hell Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:33:30 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15080#comment-17232 What is a <i>sensible</i> basis for copyright? John Perry Barlow wrote about it fifteen years ago: <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.03/economy.ideas.html" rel="nofollow">The Economy of Ideas (everything you know about copyright is wrong)</a> Barlow is not just talking through his hat. He and the other members of The Grateful Dead got quite rich <b>doing exactly what he says</b>. That gives his observations a considerable weight in terms of what works, and why, in the field of IP. What is a sensible basis for copyright?

John Perry Barlow wrote about it fifteen years ago:

The Economy of Ideas (everything you know about copyright is wrong)

Barlow is not just talking through his hat. He and the other members of The Grateful Dead got quite rich doing exactly what he says. That gives his observations a considerable weight in terms of what works, and why, in the field of IP.

]]> By: O Bloody Hell http://melissablogs.com/2009/11/04/copyright-treaty/comment-page-1/#comment-17231 O Bloody Hell Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:36:09 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15080#comment-17231 > What is the government doing when we’re not looking? Bad things. Cap and Trade, Obama Care, TARP, ignoring Social Security's massive funding issues, Multi-trillion dollar deficits... <b>What would lead you to expect it to be any different than when we <i>ARE</i> looking?</b> > What is the government doing when we’re not looking? Bad things.

Cap and Trade, Obama Care, TARP, ignoring Social Security’s massive funding issues, Multi-trillion dollar deficits…

What would lead you to expect it to be any different than when we ARE looking?

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