Free as in Market; Liberty and Property
Speaker | Rusty Russell |
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Time | 2009-01-20 16:30 |
Conference | LCA2009 |
Question 0: Why Should I care?
- We have to talk to others.
- We have to understand what we are talking about.
- What does it do?
- What does it do, do?
- Why does it do?
Traffic Light:
- Stop traffic
- So how long do they stay red? For ever!
- but thats not what it is for, that is what it does.
Copyright law:
- It stops copying.
- Not what it is for.
- A bit like a tax.
- owner is the person who takes the tax, not the owner.
Erosion of property
- people want value property, won’t do things with it.
- If unauthorised copying == stealing, then lobbying to remove my property rights without compensation is ???
- Not really a tax. No transfer actually happens. Just destruction.
- Copyright owner doesn’t have access, all he can do is prevent people making copies.
Digital cropburning
- Negative right.
- Destruction of rights normally associated with ownership.
IP Market place
- Is more expensive.
- Does nothing.
- Actually producing stuff is what matters.
- IP Market is parasitic. Takes actual goods from market.
- We hope it will increase market. In practise it may not.
- What is the affect on the market place as a whole?
- It is not a profit, it is a cost to society.
CC-By/Free Licenses
- Restore most of your property rights.
- Owner gives you most of the copyright rights.
- Rights taken are so insignificant user doesn’t care.
Politicians:
- They are shaped like Humans.
- Very frustrating experience.
Intellectual property is a form of property. Real property (power) that has been destroyed. Not an imaginary property, that makes it sound less important, not more important.
Trademark
- reasonably good, need to keep eye on ball as to why they are required.
Patents
- Many flaws
- Temporary Monopoly. Temporary evil.
- Structural flaws. Cannot be easily fixed.
- Plan to extend to 100 years.
Copyright law
- Proposed to have copyright on all property.