Slashdot reports that “[a]t the annual shareholder meeting, Google put forth for voting a proposal for the company not to engage in self-censorship, resist by all legal means the demands to censor information, inform the user in case their information was provided to the government, and generally not to store [...]
The Seattle Times has an interesting article today entitled “Schools need to master Intellectual Property.” The article’s author, Brier Dudley, talks about spending time on Monday with computational biology pioneer Leeroy Hood, who warned that “universities aren't […] sophisticated [enough] about managing intellectual property”, resulting in them being “incredibly conservative, [...]
Innovation, IP, and Entrepreneurs Video To mark World Intellectual Property Day 2007, the Association for Competitive Technology released a new video explaining the key role that Intellectual Property plays in the hi-tech industry, the economy and in improving the lives of consumers. The video presents a historical look at Intellectual [...]
According to the International Herald Tribune, “Germany said Tuesday that it would introduce a law to regulate private equity firms and hedge funds, even as it becomes increasingly isolated in efforts to win international support for reining in the booming industry. The Finance Ministry said that it hoped to come [...]
In an interesting CNetNews.com article, Jim Brock points out that “[d]espite its rapid growth, the online-content economy still lacks attributes that all successful economies have: transparency and accountability.” Right now, says Brock, “[w]e're in the Wild West stage of the content economy”, which is problematic because “[m]edia companies cannot compete [...]