Re:There Are No Good Arguments for Intellectual Property (2010)
by lordnacho on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:33AM
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That's only one side of the story. The other side is someone gets a patent, doesn't build a thing that people can buy, and just tries to get money off someone who does want to do that.
People who are looking at making this thing then get scared of investing in the development of the product and then we're back to no investment.
I've literally seen this with my own eyes. A friend of mine is one of these guys who has a 3D printer and thinks about what to invent all day. He also spends a lot of time looking up patents and tosses out ideas that he thinks will cause a legal mess. It's a shame because I think we might be at a point where we need more people executing than dreaming up ideas.
People who are looking at making this thing then get scared of investing in the development of the product and then we're back to no investment.
I've literally seen this with my own eyes. A friend of mine is one of these guys who has a 3D printer and thinks about what to invent all day. He also spends a lot of time looking up patents and tosses out ideas that he thinks will cause a legal mess. It's a shame because I think we might be at a point where we need more people executing than dreaming up ideas.