Closed Data

Was ist eigentlich das Gegenteil von „Open Data“, und was sind die Hintergründe weshalb nicht grundsätzlich schon alles „Open Data“ ist?

Closed Data

Was ist eigentlich das Gegenteil von „Open Data“, und was sind die Hintergründe weshalb nicht grundsätzlich schon alles „Open Data“ ist?

The New Robot Patent

Just like the old Robot Patent (by Emperor Joseph II) this is of course all about rent-seeking. As we’ve noted in The Moby Dick Support Device, some egregiously stupid patent-officers started accepting patents based on the un-reasoning that a computer running a program makes it a different computer, just as a bookshelf which is used […]

The New Robot Patent

Just like the old Robot Patent (by Emperor Joseph II) this is of course all about rent-seeking. As we’ve noted in The Moby Dick Support Device, some egregiously stupid patent-officers started accepting patents based on the un-reasoning that a computer running a program makes it a different computer, just as a bookshelf which is used […]

The End of the Patent System

There’s two ways the patent system will end: Either we end it, or it will become a 20%+ tax to lawyers on everything.

The End of the Patent System

There’s two ways the patent system will end: Either we end it, or it will become a 20%+ tax to lawyers on everything.