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Intellectual property rights are rarely questioned, is it just a way to protect the rich?

Would you like cheaper goods made in China, that dont respect copy rights, or would you be willing to pay more for the item made in a country that respects copy rights?

Maybe the small businesses down the road could be more productive, with more freedom?

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Intellectual property rights are rarely questioned, is it just a way to protect the rich?

Would you like cheaper goods made in China, that dont respect copy rights, or would you be willing to pay more for the item made in a country that respects copy rights?

Maybe the small businesses down the road could be more productive, with more freedom?

 

Surely it's a way to protect the investment in R and D of the company that owns the IP, otherwise what's the point in developing products to see no return on the investment.

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Its kind of interesting to think about.

 

Do intellectual property rights protect the rich? Or do they protect innovators?

 

Would not protecting designs encourage innovation or have the effect of being a dis-incentive on innovation?

 

One of the reasons (there are many) why the Industrial Revolution started in Britain and not in say France was because in Britain individuals could own the idea, whereas in France individuals worked for the state. Therefore profit could be made and this encouraged individuals to invent. In France, there was no incentive (patriotism evidently rarely encourages innovation), ideas belonged to the country and the bureaucracy meant it could be a few decades before your idea was permitted to be tested. The above is quite a simplistic and deliberately very narrow view of the time period, but hopefully not wrong!

 

 

This doesn't really tackle your question about cheaper goods though. Are you saying that without intellectual property rights goods would be cheaper? The flip side of course is that with protection, there would be more innovation and therefore increased technology and decreased production costs.

 

For the small business down the road, are you saying they would be more productive if they could copy someone else's ideas?

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One of the reasons (there are many) why the Industrial Revolution started in Britain and not in say France was because in Britain individuals could own the idea, whereas in France individuals worked for the state.

For the small business down the road, are you saying they would be more productive if they could copy someone else's ideas?

 

I understand intellectual property rights last a long time, is it 75 years? That seems way to long to be for the benefit of the instigator.

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Intellectual property rights are rarely questioned, is it just a way to protect the rich?

Would you like cheaper goods made in China, that dont respect copy rights, or would you be willing to pay more for the item made in a country that respects copy rights?

Maybe the small businesses down the road could be more productive, with more freedom?

 

It's Sheffield, of course people want cheap stuff.:roll:

 

I'm not sure what you mean by your last sentence? Give small businesses the chance to hoover up any designs they fancy and knock them out cheaper? Still won't be as cheap as china.

 

Anyway L00b is your copyright expert on here.

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Intellectual Property Rights protect the poor from the rich.

The developer and their family have invested time and money in their idea/product.

Without legal protection any larger operator could come along and use their idea/product and sell it and profit.

This is theft.

The idea/product is effectively protected for the benefit of the immediate family of the developer.

 

Intellectual Property Rights protect the consumer from fraud, danger, deception and loss of money.

The consumer is getting what has been advertised.

Edited by Annie Bynnol

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I understand intellectual property rights last a long time, is it 75 years? That seems way to long to be for the benefit of the instigator.

 

According to one source I remember 75 years is actually quicker than it would have taken to register an idea and gain approval in France...

 

But I'm not sure if 75 years is too long.

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Intellectual property rights are rarely questioned, is it just a way to protect the rich?

Would you like cheaper goods made in China, that dont respect copy rights, or would you be willing to pay more for the item made in a country that respects copy rights?

Maybe the small businesses down the road could be more productive, with more freedom?

 

Maybe you'll write a novel and then you'll earn nothing because someone will just copy it.

Perhaps you'll invent something, but since you don't believe in intellectual property anyone can steal your design and sell it... :loopy:

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I understand intellectual property rights last a long time, is it 75 years? That seems way to long to be for the benefit of the instigator.

 

For medicine it is 20 years. IP is needed to give pharmaceuticals a chance to recoup hundreds of millions in R&D. Take away IP, then they don’t have an incentive to develop anything new?

 

Great idea to kill the pharma industry. You don’t want a cure for something like cancer then?

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I understand intellectual property rights last a long time, is it 75 years? That seems way to long to be for the benefit of the instigator.

 

that depends on the sort of intellectual property

 

patent protection lasts around 20 years though it depends on the jurisdiction

 

copyright protection expires 70 years after the copyright holders death

 

trademarks last essentially for ever

 

the extension of copyright is mainly driven by disney and similar groups who want to monetise micky mouse for ever.

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