Posts Tagged ‘intellectual property’
A brief history of intellectual property
The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which took effect on January 1, 1995, is one of the three "pillars" of the World Trade Organization (WTO), standing alongside trade in goods (already represented by the GATT) and trade in services in supporting the edifice of global commerce. It establishes minimum standards [...]
Tags: intellectual property, TRIPS
Legal threats to the Internet and Open Source
The field of information technology–particularly the rise of the Internet and a related phenomenon, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)–provides an interesting prism through which to view contemporary ideological conflicts in the political and economic realms. Both the Internet and FOSS are powerful testimonies to the fertility of the public domain, at a moment [...]
Tags: economics, intellectual property, open source
A personal introduction to Digial Rights Management (DRM)
Given the unorthodox style in which I’ve lived the last 4 years of my life–forsaking a lucrative and stable job stateside in favor of pursuing entrepreneurial and educational opportunities (with varying degrees of success) abroad, specifically in Latin America–I’ve felt a bit more freedom than I otherwise would have to spend most of my computing [...]
Tags: drm, intellectual property, microsoft, open source