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On Innovation and Path Pollution

July 29th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Four pillars

Some people think that issues like Net Neutrality and DOPA are confined to the US, and don’t understand why I (and many like me) think this is a global issue, and that everyone should get involved.
Let me try to explain why:

The internet, whatever you define it as, is global
The internet allows us an opportunity to [...]

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Four Pillars: A Rose By Any Other Name….

July 29th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Four pillars

Saw this in the Times today. A cosmetics company convinces the Dutch Supreme Court that one of its “fragrances” should be copyrighted; I can only infer that it couldn’t win the case on patent or trademark bases…. and given that the “original” retails at £40, and the “copy” at £3, I’m not meant to be [...]

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