tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17011369.post7719443707974825060..comments2024-03-28T17:29:04.233+02:00Comments on Kemppinen: Of men and machinesJukka Kemppinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466755501216716028noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17011369.post-84109791038419346112006-10-06T15:42:00.000+03:002006-10-06T15:42:00.000+03:00Ad Jouni: Possibly it was cunning imperialistic po...Ad Jouni: Possibly it was cunning imperialistic policy - once upon the time. <br /><br />No more.<br /><br />IBM actually awakens into rude reality seeing that controlloing the supply chain is not possible in information economics, where there are no goods supplied, but instead sertvices, or goods are as mall thing comperaded wioth, say, networks suppliedJukka Kemppinenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466755501216716028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17011369.post-49610226371709046592006-10-05T23:29:00.000+03:002006-10-05T23:29:00.000+03:00"Serious conceptual difficulties" in IP law? What ..."Serious conceptual difficulties" in IP law? What a nice way of saying that IPRs are nonsense.<br /><br />A long time ago a French king could secure a livelihood for his friends and relatives by giving them patents -meaning exclusive rights - to mines and other profitable activities. In the same way, only a few chosen (and expensive!) taxis may pick up passengers from any major Russian airport, competitors are told to get out - or beaten. Copyright today has turned into a right to arrest and to sue teenagers in courts of law across the world. Business as usual, but why is the legislator involved when it has no stake in the profits?<br /><br />Trademark used to be OBLIGATORY to identify the origin of manufactured goods. It has also been turned upside down to a legal right to mislead the consumer: For just one example, Chinese telephones are marked with a name of a Finnish (!) town, probably because many would not prefer to buy telephones manufactured in a Communist country.<br /><br />IPRs make it possible to control the entire distribution chain of a product, from the Vietnamese manufacturer to the overpriced but "legal" clothes or music store. To allow this market distortion is stupid policy.Jouni Snellmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10295298330193524906noreply@blogger.com