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June 30 2011
Sony CEO: We Were Hacked By Freetards Who Just Want Everything Free | Techdirt
quote: "The government should tax intellectual property. I suggest they do so on a yearly basis, and anyone delinquent in their tax payment should lose their copyright. This will remove all issues with orphaned works and should bring copyright back into the workable realm. If you want intellectual property to be like real property, this would go a long way to bringing it in line.That way Disney gets to keep Mickey Mouse as long as they want, and I get to use the words of Aldous Huxley on a website without having to pay off a company who has nothing to do with Huxley or his descendants taking taxes from a work that was written 80 years ago."
January 18 2010
IP Lawyer: If You Are Against Software Patents, You Are Against Innovation | Techdirt
"As a result of making everything extremely complex, there could come new innovative business models around IP Maximalism approach to software design. Take acting or the music business as an example. There could come into existence things such as "Programmer Guilds" who will assist folks in understanding and properly licensing code. There could also come into existence things such as "Unions" as well, which will ensure it's members apply proper licensing techniques into their products. There would also be "Coding Assistants" and "Coding Producers", and more interns. Lots of interns. As well as others whose roles remain yet undefined. Basically, it would do much to increase overhead within the industry. None of which do much to motivate the industry to bring more creative user-friendly software to the market, but would accomplish a great deal in raising the barriers of entry for new companies that may look to the software industry as a livelihood."
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