Re: [Patents] Greenspan on property

[Alexandre Dulaunoy <alexandre.dulaunoy@ael.be>]

On Sat, 5 Apr 2003, Erik Josefsson wrote:

> Market Economies and Rule of Law
> http://www.federalreserve.gov/BoardDocs/speeches/2003/20030404/default.htm
> April 4, 2003
> 
> Greenspan is unfortunatelly talking about "ownership of ideas" instead
> of "ownership of implementations of ideas":

Yes but ownership of  non-physical objects is impossible and/or really
difficult when  this is going out of  your head (I mean  when there is
distribution).

> 
> "Ownership of physical property is capable of being defended by police,
> the militia, or private mercenaries. Ownership of ideas is far less
> easily protected."

In your society, some are removing the physical boundaries between the
countries but they  want to create new ones with  the help of non-free
information. By  limiting distribution  of information, this  is going
backward and making the errors from the past.

Just my .02 EUR,

adulau


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