Michele Boldrin: Against Intellectual Monopoly

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Cato Institute . Book Forum . November 10, 2008

http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5362

All Creative Work Is Derivative

Illustrating how all creative work builds on what came before. Photographed and animated by Nina Paley. Music by Todd Michaelsen ("Sita's String Theory"). Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. More information here.

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Podcast: Boldrin on Intellectual Property

From EconTalk, Libary of Economics and Liberty:

"Michele Boldrin of Washington University in St. Louis talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about intellectual property and Boldrin's book, co-written with David Levine, Against Intellectual Property." 

"Boldrin argues that copyright and patent are used by the politically powerful to maintain monopoly profits. He argues that the incentive effects that have been used to justify copyright and patents are exaggerated–few examples from history suggest that the temporary and not-so-temporary monopoly power from copyright and patents were necessary to induce innovation." 

"Boldrin reviews some of that evidence and talks about the nature of competition."

Listen directly / download the podcast as an MP3-file, download the book (legally) and find relevant links here. »

Document Freedom Day 2011

Document Freedom Day (European Parliament) from Henrik Alexandersson on Vimeo.

Seminar held on Document Freedom Day 2011 (30 April) in the European Parliament.

With Kaido Kikkas (Estonian IT College & Tallin University), Håkon Wium Lie (Opera Software) and Stefan Gradmann (Europeana & Humboldt-University in Berlin). Arranged by members of the Grens/EFA-group in the EP.

A bit on the long side, but very interesting for everyone who wants to look around the corner, when it comes to Information Society, IT and the Internet. Open Standards and a broad Public Domain can help expand access to culture and information.

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