Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google discusses Intellectual Property

[cdntechonline]

i dont believe that their time has past for patents and intellectual property, although I do feel as though that there is a strong need for reform in the area. copyright and intellectual property are two very different things. the internet(especially google) has really challenged the way we view copyright as a part of intellectual property law and our general culture.

[swu880]

theres no such thing as 'intellectual property'. It is 'intellectual privilege to exclude'

/watch?v=D--N8FF3eVQ&feature=r­elated

The very idea of 'intellectual property' is a contradiction and defies all notion of REAL property

[jimberkt]

If you don't want people to steal your ideas, don't tell them to anyone. Simple. Don't charge me tax to protect you billion dollar monopoly.

[gleonhard]

Eric is a hell of a smart guy, that's for sure

[Gathpoleza]

its a preconcieved contradistinction to think that the proclivity of an ideology or habitual conservatism transformed into a transparent lucrative influx of capital gains of ones preminince is a disgrace to every person and divides the haves from the have nots sublimated on knowledge with the vice of many distractions of this world.

[Gettinghitonattheban]

Some people need to read some Benjamin Tucker.

[businesstvAndie]

So does this mean that the less popular entertainment will be more expensive. i think most things on the net that are free are free for a reason, its like the market taking care of its self.

[beancube2008]

I am trying to be polite. Let's take it into fundamental. If I knew it first, nobody should know about it without my acknowledgment. I may not have chance to acknowledge anything but you must think what I expect you to think. So we are polite industrially, intellectually, commercially, politically and lawfully.

[GaleryonTheMystic]

if you cant touch it, it aint property.

[bass1024]

Lets take it even further... If it can't be defended without the intervention of the state, it's not property.

[GaleryonTheMystic]

Yes, I would agree.

[A1R5N1P3R]

@bass1024 If you can't respect other peoples creative endeavours, then you are not worth respecting. Thievery is thievery, if you're stealing something and get caught, expect to pay a fine or do time. Otherwise what motivation is there to create if the only thing that awaits you is a long line of thieves and imposters?

[umbilicaltapeworm]

@A1R5N1P3R what is theft? if I repeat a phrase I heard you say and you claim to have coined it does my action constitute theft? if I can produce and sell a life saving drug for less than a company with a patent for that drug should I be forbidden to do so? if you carve a sculpture in my block of stone do you now own that stone? the real question is whether or not one can feasibly own ideas once those ideas are no longer contained solely in his head... and does government aggression achieve this?

[A1R5N1P3R]

@umbilicaltapeworm Words conveigh thoughts and ideas, which as a whole can be copywritten as intellectual property. Just because you don't have an original bone in your whole body, don't try to use some over simplified logic to fail an argument easily discounted. By the way, most patents only provide the originator with 5 years sole ownership to that idea, to recoupe their hard work and reap the rewards of a job well done. Art is another matter. Fail somewhere else.

[umbilicaltapeworm]

@A1R5N1P3R lol is this what you call "discounting" my argument? please try to answer at least one of my questions before claiming such a thing. try to do it without using any old words, as these words "convey thoughts and ideas, which as a whole can be copywritten as IP". you wouldn't want to get busted for robbery would you...?

[A1R5N1P3R]

@umbilicaltapeworm Circular logic, is this concept new to you? Perhaps at your metality it is, but the world, and it's laws exist. You want to change that? Go to school, study law, get a degree, and then go about refuting them. But wait - that would require hard work and sacrifice, something someone advocating piracy and theft haven't a clue of. Good luck to you Mr Daydreamer.

[umbilicaltapeworm]

@A1R5N1P3R I'm not refuting natures laws, I'm refuting mans laws. is it your position that the government is omniscient and infallible? are you implying a moral equivalence between sharing a track from a CD with a friend and stealing your neighbour's goods and handing them round?

[A1R5N1P3R]

@umbilicaltapeworm By playing this game of ignorance, what your mindset will bring upon us is a society where school teaches even less and where virtual computers are a reality and no one will own a solid piece of hardware except as an interface to an archive. If what you're looking to do is bring that about, then you're doing an excellent job of it. What the pirate mindset does is tell creative people not to bother intorducing their ideas to the masses, because of theft.

[umbilicaltapeworm]

@A1R5N1P3R what else do you see in your crystal ball? please stop calling me a thief and a pirate; you don't know me or what I have done. I am a strong advocate of property rights as an extension of the individual and his labor. ideas are property only when they are confined to the mind of the individual, but when you share them you are giving up that right. I will never stop being creative because that's who I am.

check out Stephan Kinsella's "Intellectual Property and Libertarianism" on YT..

[A1R5N1P3R]

@umbilicaltapeworm No, I doubt you're creative at all, or you would've come up with better arguments, and your ethos would be more developed. But the idea that one can't retain rights to their own work? I can tell you aren't very creative, that what you have to offer humanity isn't of much interest, or you'd be saying pretty much what I am right now.

[umbilicaltapeworm]

@A1R5N1P3R wow you really do have a crystal ball don't you, read me like a book because you're apparently omnipotent. only those who agree with you are of any value to humanity, what a developed ethos... if what I have to say is of zero interest, what's up with the four replies?

[A1R5N1P3R]

@umbilicaltapeworm You can now resort to the trolling retort, but the simple fact is, intellectual property in the internet age matters to me. Being very creative, and having made money from my ideas in the past, the prospect of investing in a delivery mechanism only to have content stolen has deterred me from doing so. So go ahead and waste your time, and amount to nothing; that's another prediction coming true.

[umbilicaltapeworm]

@A1R5N1P3R I also own a business, building custom furniture. I have patented a couple of my designs but only to keep from getting sued in the future. you should not feel threatened if you can provide a superior service to your customers; you can't patent good service. I wish you luck in all your endeavors sir. please watch that video I mentioned, it might at least give you a better idea of where I'm coming from...

[umbilicaltapeworm]

@A1R5N1P3R if using someone else's ideas constitutes thievery, then you are a thief for speaking words already spoken.

[YouKidsNever]

GaleryonTheMystic - Also, as they say "great minds think alike". I've had some ideas for products that I later saw someone else end up getting a copyright for. A copyright shouldn't give the other person "intellectual rights" simply because they managed to pay for a piece of paper before I did.

[djzacmaniac]

@GaleryonTheMystic Word. If I download a song, the original song is still there. If I don't sell my version of the file, I am not pirating, nor am I denying you the ability to sell your original file.

[A1R5N1P3R]

@GaleryonTheMystic Actually, if you created it, whether it be with your hands or with your mind, it is yours and no person has the right to it without your permission or through purchase // license of said material. To say such a thing, you are either poor, or destined to be poor.