IP and innovation

[Brad De Long]

>[Interesting given the drift towards tighter control of intellectual
>property, thanks to the increasing privatization of research and U.S.
>government pressure internationally. And given the underlying philosophical
>justification of both, the supposedly fruitful link between private rewards
>and innovation.]

Which is one reason why the Berkeley E-commerce people--chiefly Pam
Samuelson at the Law School--are terrified of the drift toward stronger and
stronger rights to control the distribution of intellectual property...

Brad DeLong