There’s a fascinating article by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz in the latest New Scientist. Yes, of course it’s hidden behind a paywall, what did you expect? Here’s the stub.
I quote from the article:
Locking up products with patents is an unfair and ineffective way to reward innovation.
There is a growing sentiment that something is wrong with [...]
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And on to Vancouver, where Nettwerk are based. Clarence Fisher told me about this via his blog; thanks, Clarence!
Fundamentally, Terry McBride and gang at Nettwerk, having already challenged a number of traditional models in the music business, now go a step further. Put the album up for sale on MySpace. Give people the tools to [...]
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Have you ever had that feeling of being “sensitized” to a particular issue or concept, so much so that you find traces and images of it everywhere you look? I get that sometimes. It doesn’t last long, otherwise it could become an obsession.
Take today. There I was, laid up with the ‘flu, feeling like not [...]
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Have you ever wondered why India don’t have a team at the World Cup finals? [Here I am being obdurate and pedantic and loving it…. there is only one Open. And there is only one World Cup. There is absolutely no need to have adjectives before those words. Tautology bordering on treason).
You would imagine that [...]
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