Patents & Copyrights in the information age- Documentry +Interesting+
 

This isn't a short video 1:30hrs long but if your bored or can play in a second screen while working its worth a watch.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/88782/rip-a-remix-manifesto

Filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.

Not sure how I feel about this, I feel like I am for this but at the same time under the name of Public domain rights and etc is the idea of flat out stealing ones works in whole or large enough parts that its utterly wrong.

Later in the documentry seems to lead you down the road in which the world will become a collective pool everyone will be able to get for free since its all public domain. So what happens to all those jobs, economies, and etc? Whether its music, medicine, investment, building machines and etc if you can't monetize and protect your works ?

Definitely a very interesting debate... But seems that people want to lump some topics that are close but no where near the same into the same topic. Sampling vs flat out stealing.

Another shocking documentry is "The Future Of Food" unreal!

http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food
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Anyone else seen these docs?

Who is going to produce a quality movie, novel, etc if it's not for profit? If costs aren't covered? Free is good but who wants free "shit" ?

Most economists agree that patents are bad for innovation

People who endorse free share of everything also endorse the communistic idea of economy. In the end, you will have to force people to work, if there are no individual gains from individual work. It's that simple.
Some countries are talking about "piracy tax", but it is NOT going to work. As Churchill said; you can't tax yourself to welfare :)

I agree take the reward out the equation and innovation is stifled. Greed can be good in some ways!

a documentary advocating public domain restricted by country :321GFY