Thread: The $15 Boycott: Will you be participating?
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Old 02-07-2010, 01:46 PM   #275
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Originally Posted by Harmon View Post
The U of Chicago's free ebook for February was Piracy: the Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates. One of the subjects concerns the concept of intellectual property as an invention of Western Europe, and another is the impact of the concept in other societies.

It really is a moving target, and while I'm not sure that societal consensus is turning against IP, it seems pretty clear that the consensus about what IP actually is, and how it can be "owned," is in flux - as it has been for two or three hundred years.
Just started this yesterday. Very interesting, and very relevant to this discussion. I recommend it as well.

Oops, yes, it was a one-day deal. Sorry.
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