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* [http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/10/06/thomas-jefferson-on-patents-and-freedom-of-ideas/ Thomas Jefferson on Patents and Freedom of Ideas] | * [http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/10/06/thomas-jefferson-on-patents-and-freedom-of-ideas/ Thomas Jefferson on Patents and Freedom of Ideas] | ||
* [http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/08/31/ben-franklin-on-patents/ Ben Franklin on Patents], with commentary by Scott Carpenter | * [http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/08/31/ben-franklin-on-patents/ Ben Franklin on Patents], with commentary by Scott Carpenter | ||
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| + | * [http://petition.eurolinux.org/ Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe]: "This petition['s] goal is to warn European Authorities against the dangers of software patents." Includes link to [http://petition.eurolinux.org/reference/law.html European patent law] prohibiting patents on software and a number of other types of innovation | ||
Revision as of 20:36, 14 October 2006
Patents have increasingly become an issue in the information age as patents are granted in more and more areas which formerly were held to be "unpatentable", such as software, ideas, and knowledge of causal relationships.
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Links
News and Editorials
- 2006-09-12 How Hartmut Pilch, Avid Computer Geek, Bested Microsoft by Mary Jacoby: "Foe of Software Patents, He Prevailed With Europe; Next, a Court Battle" (will require login after 7 days)
- 2006-09-08 No Happy Ending for Net Movie Renters (slashdot): Netflix sues Blockbuster for stealing the concept of renting movies over the Internet
- 2006-08-18 Court order to shut down DISH DVRs blocked: video time-shifting is apparently patented?
- 2006-03-19 This Essay Breaks the Law by Michael Crichton (slashdot)
- 2005-10-26 Patents Kill by Annalee Newitz, AlterNet
Quotes
- Thomas Jefferson on Patents and Freedom of Ideas
- Ben Franklin on Patents, with commentary by Scott Carpenter
Sites
- Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe: "This petition['s] goal is to warn European Authorities against the dangers of software patents." Includes link to European patent law prohibiting patents on software and a number of other types of innovation