Half of taxpayer funded research will soon be available to the public

Re:Half of taxpayer funded research will soon be available t... by hdevalence on Monday January 20, 2014 @04:40PM (#7091931)

I don't think that the OP doesn't understand what "intellectual property" is, they just disagree with the assessment that it's necessary (or maybe proper) for the government to grant private monopolies on scientific knowledge.

You need to realize that people can know what IP is and still disagree with you.

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Re:Half of taxpayer funded research will soon be available t... by throwawaykf03 on Monday January 20, 2014 @05:08PM (#7092053)

Maybe the OP understands what "IP" is, but it seems they do not understand the economics of research or why IP is still applicable to publicly funded research.

If one knows the concept of IP but not why it's needed in these situations, one is still arguing from a position of incomplete understanding.

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Re:Half of taxpayer funded research will soon be available t... by sparkie on Monday January 20, 2014 @05:43PM (#7092192)

I understand IP very well, and I disagree with the whole concept.

Here I'm just making a point at how stupid the system actually is. As I stated, the government gets rights to use patents funded by taxpayer money, but the taxpayer has no such rights. The government here is actually nothing but a mediator of funds from taxpayer to researcher, yet it acts as if it paid for the research out of it's own pocket.

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Re:Half of taxpayer funded research will soon be available t... by tostitos1979 on Monday January 20, 2014 @05:03PM (#7092035)

Frankly, I am against patents but I understand why they are there :)

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