[lbo-talk] Dumb QOTD: What kind of labor produces intellectual property?

[Charles Turner]

On Sep 2, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:


> If it's on a patent, it can be a kind of rent - a return above "normal" profit created by a monopoly over the technique. Depends on the situation, really.

Ah, OK. I had thought of software protected by copyright as not much different than the musical or literary compositions you mentioned, but a patent clearly is.

Thanks, Charles