Anthony tips me off on a new book addressing intellectual property, knock offs and copying, called The Knock-off Economy - How Imitation Sparks Innovation.
The books observes among other things,
In the creative fields, from fashion to food to finance to font design, imitation co-exists with innovation. If the future is going to be one of more, rather than less, copying—and everything to date suggests that will be the case—this is good news. These industries show us the ways in which innovation can continue to thrive in a knockoff world.
That's been told more earlier and probably better by Bodrin and Levine. But then this:
Of course, copying can sometimes cause real harm, which is why we have copyright and patent law.
Well, stop there. Prove it. No one ever has. It is simply not true. If the authors cannot get that right, are too incurious to look into that point although it is central to the thesis, then don't bother reading the book.
Too little time, too many good books. If you want a good one on the topic read Against Intellectual Monopoly.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
The books observes among other things,
In the creative fields, from fashion to food to finance to font design, imitation co-exists with innovation. If the future is going to be one of more, rather than less, copying—and everything to date suggests that will be the case—this is good news. These industries show us the ways in which innovation can continue to thrive in a knockoff world.
That's been told more earlier and probably better by Bodrin and Levine. But then this:
Of course, copying can sometimes cause real harm, which is why we have copyright and patent law.
Well, stop there. Prove it. No one ever has. It is simply not true. If the authors cannot get that right, are too incurious to look into that point although it is central to the thesis, then don't bother reading the book.
Too little time, too many good books. If you want a good one on the topic read Against Intellectual Monopoly.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
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