The Importance of Law and IT
Download and listen to these discussions (in mp3 format and others) about Intellectual Property and some of the significant battles currently being fought.
There is a danger of those who think there is a way of owning patterns of sound, characters, and thoughts, of concivincing our government that they should be able to sue anyone who makes something that gets used in the creation of or the design of any product that supports or encourages the manufacturing or deployment of software or hardware that can be used in such a way that the potential may exist for sharing ideas that someone hasn't paid for to who they say should be paid.
IT Conversations
There is a danger of those who think there is a way of owning patterns of sound, characters, and thoughts, of concivincing our government that they should be able to sue anyone who makes something that gets used in the creation of or the design of any product that supports or encourages the manufacturing or deployment of software or hardware that can be used in such a way that the potential may exist for sharing ideas that someone hasn't paid for to who they say should be paid.
IT Conversations
