This is an interesting article in Der Spiegel. It claims that the secret of the success of German industrialization throughout the 19th century (when Germany overtook the UK as the leading industrial nation of the world), was due to the relative total lack of protection granted to copyright. It’s an interesting position, and one that Read more …
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Get out of Jail Free
Who owns your mobile phone or mobile computer? What does “ownership” actually mean? If you own it, does that mean you can do with it what you want? Are you allowed to change some or more of its software? Can you install what you want? If you really own what you paid for, the answer Read more …