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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

What if we did not protect new ideas with patent and copyright law?

This sounds like heresy! But it might be a useful idea to consider. After all we're just talking here, not advocating the idea...yet. Has anyone thought about what the world would be like without these laws? I mean, has any reasoned analysis been done to give us some confidence that these laws really make for a better world?
Posted by John Dumas at 11:51 AM
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  1. John DumasJune 14, 2014 at 10:23 AM

    See this article about Elon Musk: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/06/why-tesla-gave-up-on-patents/372703/.

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    1. John DumasJanuary 5, 2020 at 7:55 PM

      Also see this article from Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you

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