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famousringo on 15 May 2013
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thranx said:
famousringo said:
thranx said:
famousringo said:

When almost all economic growth in developed countries comes from the creation, managment and manipulation of information, cutting back on legal protections for information property rights is a hard sell.


IP laws are for Intelectual Property, not information.


I"m not sure what kind of hair you're trying to split here.

Your post just didnt make sense to me. I was trying to figure it out, and wasn't sure if you meant something else. It still doesnt make sense to me.


IP rights are legal protections put in place to secure the value of information, whether it's a copyrighted print article or a patented technology. With the livelihood of so many people depending on information retaining value, it's a hard political sell to make any move that might devalue information, such as decreasing patent terms.



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