Reply to post: Get rid of IP totally

IP freely? What a wind-up! If only Trevor Baylis had patent protections inventors enjoy today

Panicnow

Get rid of IP totally

IP is a tool that is only useful if you have massive resources to design your IP and defend it. Thus it is a tool for major corporates to beat up everyone else. Most individual inventors would be better served by having a level playing-field. I.e. No IP. So they can innovate on the knowledge of others without.

The value of knowledge to society is maximised by it being shared. Restricting it merely cheats society in favour of a few.

The Internet and Open source are examples of how powerful knowledge sharing is relative to closed networks and closed tech eco-systems.

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