[okfn-discuss] Fantastic talk on the expanding role of IP

Tue Jul 19 01:53:15 UTC 2011

I've just been forwarded a link to "7 Ways to Ruin a Technological
Revolution" with James Boyle from Duke University and one of OKCon 2011's
speakers.

If you haven't seen it already, take some time to do so:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvOHEA_xd2A (30min talk, 30min Q&A)

"If you wanted to undermine the technological revolution of the last 30
years, using the law, how would you do it? How would you undercut the
virtuous cycle that results from access to an open network, force
technological innovation into stagnation, diminish competition, create
monopolies over the basic building blocks of knowledge? How many of those
things are we doing now? James Boyle is William Neal Reynolds Professor of
Law at Duke Law School, the founder of the Center for the Study of the
Public Domain, and a Board Member of Creative Commons. He is also a
columnist for the Financial Times New Technology Policy Forum."
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