Re:Algorithm Removes Water from Underwater Images
by balfirevic on Thursday January 09, 2020 @10:11AM
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Obvious difference between the golf course and research results, which justifies different treatment, is that the golf course is rival good.
> Research universities fill a similar role. They are good to have around, even if you can't monetize their research for free. There are other benefits.
I did not claim that the downside of granting patents to universities is so large that universities should not exist at all. Only that it would be better and more just to not grant them patents based on publicly funded research.
Re:Algorithm Removes Water from Underwater Images
by L_Rahman on Thursday January 09, 2020 @10:34AM
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I agree with your general argument, but golf courses are such an unfortunate example. They're the one use of public space that would be many orders of magnitude better for the community if they were used completely differently. A park would be a good start, but there are so many more.
Maybe this is "robbery" (which is not what that word means), but you still get the benefits of living near open space (no car-owners living there, trees turning CO2 into oxygen, bees pollinating your flowers), etc. All in all, it doesn't seem too bad. (It is $26 a round, btw.)
Research universities fill a similar role. They are good to have around, even if you can't monetize their research for free. There are other benefits.