Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 07 2013 @ 09:36 AM EDT |
Normally, people use "breaking a window stimulates the economy" as the
example for this.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 07 2013 @ 10:12 AM EDT |
nfm [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 07 2013 @ 12:37 PM EDT |
Apple is moderate middle ground? I think they are quite as bad
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 07 2013 @ 04:02 PM EDT |
Actually, I wonder how the legal payouts get rolled into the
GDP.
It has been argued that the GDP (and GNP) rolls too many
things in-- like the cost of preparing for or recovering
from hurricanes, for instance-- and, so, while treated as
"the bottom line", is often inaccurate. (The GDP may be
precise, however, which might be part of the problem.)
Patent Trolls, I believe, do NOT negatively impact the GDP,
since the monies changing hands get added in w/o, instead,
being subtracted. When it comes to international issues,
however... well...
The biggest problem w/ "Intellectual Property" is that it is
being treated as a tangible asset. Copyright violations
aren't an "outright taking" but DO impose "easements", as do
"patent violations"... it's not an all-or-nothing deal.
The public domain is a place where new ideas usually get
fertilized... yet patent laws provide the levees to keep the
silt from depositing where it can do any good.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: albert on Saturday, June 08 2013 @ 01:21 PM EDT |
Patent Extortion Entity, or, more politely, Patent Enforcement Entity.
credit to ???[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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