[Sosfbay-discuss] Will "Intellectual Property" Help or Hurt "Green" Technology?

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Posted on California Greening, May 27, 2009.


Will "Intellectual Property" Help or Hurt "Green" Technology? 


by Alex Walker






Does patent law, trade marks, trade secrets, and such hinder technical
innovation? More particularly, will "Intellectual Property" hurt or
help "Green" technology?


The provocative article below was published by the Independent
Institute. When I saw it posted on Dick and Sharon's LA Progressive web
site, I remembered the interest of Wes, Cameron, and some of my other
"Silicon Valley" Green Party friends in these questions. I am not
familiar with the Independent Institute, but the arguments sound
"libertarian." I would suggest that Greens throw away the naive
libertarian's faith in the capitalist marketplace and keep what
information and insight is useful. 





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Posted on LA Progressive, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

Intellectual Monopoly is an Unnecessary Evil

by Art Carden






"In a rush to stimulate the economy, the Obama administration is
touting various "visionary" plans to make the American economy more
progressive, more innovative, and more forward-looking by subsidizing
politically-motivated projects like "green" technology. These hands-on
policies will be ineffective. Recent research suggests that a much more
effective way to accomplish the same goals would be to eliminate
intellectual monopoly and to reduce the regulatory burdens on
innovators..." 








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