Comments on: Design Patters are Patented?! http://alex.tsd.net.au/cpill/2008/06/02/design-patters-are-patented/ Code, Berlin, design, poetry, information, travel, learning ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:48:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: CpILL http://alex.tsd.net.au/cpill/2008/06/02/design-patters-are-patented/#comment-63623 CpILL Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:17:05 +0000 http://alex.tsd.net.au/cpill/?p=208#comment-63623 The patent on Basmati rice was outrageous and furthers my argument that the very idea behind patents is a step backwards for humanity in general. It makes the intellectual world, the world of ideas and information up for grabs so suddenly every concept can have a fence put around it to keep out those that can not pay. How does that benifit the world at large? As is the case here with the Basmati rice patent. I would encourage all governments, like the Chinese, to ignore the US Patent Office and the US laws around it. <strong>Freedom of information only ever did any society good.</strong> I don't see how the "The Cochabamba Water Wars" relates to the topic of 'patents' however? The patent on Basmati rice was outrageous and furthers my argument that the very idea behind patents is a step backwards for humanity in general. It makes the intellectual world, the world of ideas and information up for grabs so suddenly every concept can have a fence put around it to keep out those that can not pay. How does that benifit the world at large? As is the case here with the Basmati rice patent. I would encourage all governments, like the Chinese, to ignore the US Patent Office and the US laws around it. Freedom of information only ever did any society good.

I don’t see how the “The Cochabamba Water Wars” relates to the topic of ‘patents’ however?

]]> By: dbc http://alex.tsd.net.au/cpill/2008/06/02/design-patters-are-patented/#comment-63622 dbc Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:24:36 +0000 http://alex.tsd.net.au/cpill/?p=208#comment-63622 we're worrying about losing the freedom to code, other people are worrying about losing the freedom to eat or drink water... e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basmati#Patent_battle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochabamba_protests_of_2000 we've gotta stop the madness... we’re worrying about losing the freedom to code, other people are worrying about losing the freedom to eat or drink water…

e.g.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basmati#Patent_battle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochabamba_protests_of_2000

we’ve gotta stop the madness…

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