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US government supports Apple stand on French law {Engadget}
Mar 23rd 2006 11:59PM Funny. US government support for Apple is a sure way to help the french to pass the proposed law.
BTW, "intellectual property rights" are BS.
Wear your CSS geekery {CSS Insider}
Mar 23rd 2006 11:53PM I suspect that most women will be repelled by these shirts.
Money for a Rainy Day {The Mortgages Weblog}
Mar 23rd 2006 2:39AM "Before it's too late" means before the housing bubble bursts. Then you will find out that you have no equity and owe on your house more than it is worth.
Honda to sue Chinese government agency {Autoblog}
Mar 22nd 2006 8:50PM "What do you think a patent is?" As I said - nothing more than a monopoly privilege granted and backed by the government.
The temporary competitive advantage should exist only as long as the market permits. Inventors usually do not make their research papers public, so for a competing company, it would take some time until it realizes that there is a new invention. When the competition starts the process of catching up, the original inventor is already producing and selling. The original inventor has an option to keep his ideas secret as long as possible. This is a competitive advantage.
On the other hand, patents have the effect of making the marketplace less free. When a company does not want to invest in further innovation it tries to stop the competing companies from improving their products by force. But, because one company usually does not have enough resources to generate enough force againts it's competitors, it outsources this task to the government. This is the real rationale behind patents.
Honda to sue Chinese government agency {Autoblog}
Mar 22nd 2006 7:58PM to gwballin: Thank you for your reaction. You can be assured that I studied the topic and have a good understanding of it.
I am certainly not kidding. Patent is a monopoly granted by the government. Yes the invention comes from the inventor, but his reward should be a temporary competitive advantage until others catch up. By granting him a monopoly, the result is a) slowing of further research (because there is no pressure from competition, thanx to the monopoly), b) less choices available to consumers, c) higher product prices (again, because of the lack of the competition), which all leads to waste of resources...
I think that the Chinese government is making a mistake when it enforces "intellectual property" rights at all. They are losing one of their competitive advantages. It is obvious that the lack of "intellectual property" rights enforcement was NOT really a problem, because the western companies were investing there anyway.
Honda to sue Chinese government agency {Autoblog}
Mar 22nd 2006 6:24PM If using someone elses design to build a product for profit is theft, then baking a bread according to someone elses recipe is theft too. Or filming a sitcom is theft too (because all sitcoms are just a compilation of recycled ideas). Or how about building a house? Home builders usually aren't the inventors of the methods they use. Does that mean that they are stealing "intellectual property"?
Patents are wrong...
Honda to sue Chinese government agency {Autoblog}
Mar 22nd 2006 5:49PM I think that the "poor track record of protecting intellectual property rights" is actually one of the main motors of economic growth in China. I would like to see a knockoff car like "portshe" costing just a fraction of the price of the original.
2006 Bloggies: winners announced {CSS Insider}
Mar 22nd 2006 5:01PM I think that the best web application for weblogs is LifeType. Too bad it wasn't nominated...
Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Core Duo laptop reviewed {Engadget}
Mar 22nd 2006 2:20PM Not bad, but if I want an ultraportable computer, I may prefer Microsoft's ultra mobile PC.
Massive Race Car Hotel Planned For Nevada Town {Luxist}
Mar 22nd 2006 1:59AM Fin de bubble!
End of a mania is marked by extravagance. After the real estate bubble pops, buildings like this will be empty and the investors will jump out of the windows. But until then, enjoy!
