Pachyderm Prosthetics
As they say... And now for something a little different.We talk a lot in these parts about innovation. We even talk a little bit about healthcare IT. And sometimes we [...]
Great NY Times Article on Small Business and IP
The New York Times had a great article in last week's small business section, called "A Small Business Guide to Intellectual Property." The article explores five common fallacies about intellectual [...]
Is 6.44% of GDP “Useful” Enough?
Yesterday, Tom Bell posted a piece on the Technology Liberation Front blog entitled, "Unconstitutional Copyrights?". Mr. Bell provided a passage from his upcoming book, Intellectual Privilege: A Libertarian View of [...]
Masnick’s Interesting Take on Microsoft/Yahoo! and What He missed.
TechDirt's Mike Masnick has an interesting post over at Forbes that suggests the Microsoft/Yahoo deal is much ado about nothing:Looking at Yahoo!'s new deal with Microsoft, it looks like it's [...]
MicroHoo! A Quick Regulatory Analysis
Our friend Andrew Noyes over at Tech Daily Dose is asking the most important DC question about today’s Microsoft/Yahoo search agreement: “Will the MicroHoo Raise Eyebrows on the Hill?” Not [...]
Paying for Free: Security, Privacy, and Sustainability Costs for “Free” Software
Braden Cox & Nora von Ingersleben | June 2009 Today's tough economy creates fiscal pressures for state and federal government budgets. Resourceful policymakers are increasingly looking for ways to reduce [...]