7 Ways To Ruin A Technological Revolution

Google Tech Talks
December 18, 2006

ABSTRACT

If you wanted to undermine the technological revolution of the last 30 years, using the law, how would you do it? How would you undercut the virtuous cycle that results from access to an open network, force technological innovation into stagnation, diminish competition, create monopolies over the basic building blocks of knowledge? How many of those things are we doing now? James Boyle is William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke Law School, the founder of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, and a Board Member of Creative Commons. He is also a columnist for the Financial Times New Technology Policy Forum. His most recent books were...

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[Dizboz]

One word SOPA

[User5973]

Listen...does someone pop open a beer can at 08:16?

[TriumVirateABAP]

Informative

Something to ask yourself....What could I do about this important line.

[thedailyenglishshow]

44:19 ... their general response is "that's stupid" haha ... I've had that response many times. Like to the fact that the concept of fair use doesn't exist in Japanese copyright law.

[thedailyenglishshow]

36:16 Oh, Scotland.

[thedailyenglishshow]

His accent sounds like a mixture of American, English, Scottish and Australian. Where is he from?

[madashelldude]

imagine if we had corporate and political leaders who had a real education in science and technology and understood the value and mechanism of innovation as opposed to inherited monopoly and control. great speaker, and google is a great company, I hope they'll stick to being what they are today.

[LiberalTechNerd]

This guy is awesome! Best lawyer I've ever seen!