Category: Nanodot

from the creators-create-cause-that's-what-they-do dept.
Dan Gillmor, columnist for the San Jose Mercury News and Foresight Senior Associate, looks at what happens to intellectual property when nanotechnology arrives. Foresight board member Glenn Reynolds is quoted: "When jets are so cheap I can make one in my back yard, it may be the case that society is so wealthy we'll do airplanes for free anyway." Foresight chairman Eric Drexler wonders "if I see something, can I make a copy?" Dan clarifies "In other words, will he be allowed to remember what he saw?" Dan concludes "Maybe, in 100 years, spaceship design will be an open-source project." Hmm, we could start that project right now…

from the ain't-gonna-work-on-Sony's-farm-no-more dept.
Rock musician Courtney Love presented a brilliant talk (now available in its entirety on Salon) at the Digital Hollywood conference talking about Napster, intellectual property, the RIAA, and the economics of music. Ms. Love demonstrates clearly that she Gets It — incentive structures, the frictionlessness of digital information, the economic relationship between artist and audience, and the free rider problem. (She even quotes Neal Stephenson.)

from the information-wants-to-be-frictionless dept.
Found on Slashdot: The Canadian National Post features an editorial on the dwindling power of intellectual property laws in a digital world.