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Should all information be freely available to everyone?
Psi:
I think it's probably best to pick ya battles.
Limiting it to standards would be a step in the right direction.
All standards should be available to everyone and 100% free to use royalty free.
There should be maybe 3 "official" standards in each industry for each thing that needs a standard.
There should be negative consequences for any company who builds/selling something that does not support at least 1 of the official standards for that function.
Far to many 'things' in the world today cannot talk to each other because they all use different standards.
Zero999:
The answer is no, but I woud be in favour of making more information widely available. A good start would be to cut copyright to something more sane such as 20 years after the publication of the work, to make it more inline patents. If someone can't recoup their investment within that period, then their work can't be much good.
Psi:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on November 28, 2023, 09:20:36 am ---The answer is no, but I woud be in favour of making more information widely available. A good start would be to cut copyright to something more sane such as 20 years after the publication of the work, to make it more inline patents. If someone can't recoup their investment within that period, then their work can't be much good.
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Agreed.
I also wonder if maybe patents should not be ownable by companies, only by individuals.
I'm not sure how that sort of a system would actually work, but it's interesting to think about.
T3sl4co1l:
Sure. It doesn't matter, ain't no one gonna read it anyway.
Tim
TimFox:
--- Quote from: Psi on November 28, 2023, 11:11:12 am ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on November 28, 2023, 09:20:36 am ---The answer is no, but I woud be in favour of making more information widely available. A good start would be to cut copyright to something more sane such as 20 years after the publication of the work, to make it more inline patents. If someone can't recoup their investment within that period, then their work can't be much good.
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Agreed.
I also wonder if maybe patents should not be ownable by companies, only by individuals.
I'm not sure how that sort of a system would actually work, but it's interesting to think about.
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In US law, patents are granted only to individual inventors, but the rights can be assigned to companies.
The inventors and assignee are listed on the granted patent.
Normally, when the inventors did the work on company time, and the application used a company-paid attorney, the application and assignment documents are signed before being sent to the Patent Office.
If you do the work not under contract, and pay for the attorney yourself (maybe $10k total?), you own the patent and rights.
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