Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies

Re:Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of... by njarboe on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @06:43PM (#20510899)

Also during war patents are shared between all companies in one country or ignored all together. I think this is an under appreciated fact of why wartime creates all sorts of innovation.

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Re:Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of... by trehalose on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @06:48PM (#20510931)

That's a very interesting point! I wonder if allowing free use of information could result in the same benefits during peacetime.

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Re:Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of... by uncletaco on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @09:51PM (#20511785)

Well that's how we got emacs so who knows.

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Re:Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of... by benrbray on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @01:48AM (#20512646)

Woah, I never thought about that. Do you know where I might be able to read more about copyrights / patent enforcement (or lack thereof) during wartime?

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Re:Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of... by njarboe on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @01:09PM (#20517265)

Here is one article discussing the US government pressuring aircraft engine manufacturers to cross license all their patents[1].

[1]https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/ch2.htm

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Re:Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of... by pmart123 on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @12:51PM (#20517072)

That’s an interesting theory.

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