confused of calcutta

That’s the provocative title of a recently published piece I found on First Monday. Some profound thoughts, especially at a time like this, with the future of the internet being debated and new intellectual property wrongs being created.
Example quote:
…..all the licensing and examinations in the world will not protect a profession in which the nature [...]

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There’s an apocryphal story about India, prohibition and unemployment, one of my absolute favourites. It goes like this:
1977. Elections, out with the old, in with the new. Prime Minister’s a teetotaller, declares the country “dry”. And so it is, except for the odd exception. You could drink if you had a permit. You could only [...]

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