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Misc & "Social Engneering" topics
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Note: I'm not sure where exactly this thread fits in. The moderators can change the location if they feel it does not belong to this sub-forum.

Keywords 1: Patent, Copyright, "Intellectual Property".
Keywords 2: Trademark, Contract, License.

Let me confess that I have never quite been able to fully grasp the notion of "intellectual property" as a concept. So I am less somewhat less than sympathetic to the ideas of patents and copyrights. Because these notions are relevant to Indian society via its interaction with multinational companies and the WTO, I hope that they can be discussed in this forum - even without specific reference to India.

Among other things, I would like to trace the ideas of patents and copyrights to find out how they gained acceptance among the intelligentsia.

My current interest in this topic started out with the idea of "Free Software". (Free as in "Freedom", or Free as in "Free Sex" :-) or Free as a verb in "Free your Mind"). A related idea is "Open Source Software". For some background on these:-
http://www.fsf.org/
http://fsf.org.in/
http://www.opensource.org/

I am also starting to read the following books both by Vandana Shiva.:
Biopiracy - The plunder of nature and knowledge.
Protect or Plunder? - Understanding Intellectual Property Rights.

Among the issues I would like to discuss are:
<b>1)</b> Moral/Social Justifications offered for patents:
  • a)Intellectual "property". - analogy between "intellectual property" and "physical property".
  • b)"Product" of intellect (commodity). ? analogy between"produce of land" and "product of intellect".
  • c)Social Engineering 1: "Encourages innovation and creativity" argument.
  • d)Social Engineering 2: "Encourages innovation and creativity" which can then be made public and used for the "public good".
  • e)Concept arising from a specific type of contract (ie: a license). - The most human view and the only justifiable one in my opinion.
<b>2)</b> Clarification of concept of physical property. History. How did the concept of Physical property become entrenched.

<b>3)</b> Does acceptance of concept of physical property lead to concept of intellectual property?

<b>4)</b> Is it really necessary to extend the logic of physical property to "intellectual property" or is there an alternative.

<b>5)</b> Is it really possible define area/scope of Patent?

<b>6)</b> The role of enforceability in growth of property/patents. Patents and MNC's.

<b>7)</b> If the notion of "intellectual property" is valid, should there be an "intellectual property tax", just like there are justifiable "property taxes".

<b>8)</b> Why are Ideas and Concepts excluded from the definition of "Intellectual Property"?

<b>9)</b> In what ways do Patents and Property restrict freedom of action?

<b>10)</b> Scope and effect of India's international agreements on the freedom to innovate and create.

<b>11)</b> Currently most property is already "owned". On the other hand, most intellectual areas are not "owned". So how does one go from non-ownership to ownership. What was the mechanism, historically, for this transformation in the case of physical property.

These are just the starting points for what I hope will be an intensive and extensive discussion. I'm sure there are many on this forum who are interested in these topics. I hope Calvin emerges from the deep sea bed to contribute.

With extreme prejudice,
Sandeep.
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