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I have never seen anyone who works with media argue that patents are too "soft." Doesn't the ARSC typically argue that copyright is already too harsh? I see these as mutually exclusive ideas and I agree with the latter. -- Thatcher On 8/16/2011 11:46 AM, Bob Olhsson wrote: > A friend of mine predicted this a decade ago. He told me the tech industry > was walking all over each other's patents and that as they consolidated > there would be a patent war exactly like the one that resulted in RCA's > monopoly of the late 1920s-early '50s. > > The problem is that better ideas (or better music) can't obtain the > necessary investment to become fully realized and visible without patent and > copyright protection. I think all intellectual property arguments come down > to "I deserve protection for my intellectual property but you don't deserve > protection for yours because needing to pay you will make my business less > profitable." This is why I call arguments against copyright "selective > socialism." And people's rationalizations for not paying are endless. As for > Google, I can't imagine any cell phone that doesn't walk all over both > Motorola and Nokia patents because Motorola invented the portable phone and > Nokia invented the cell. This isn't rocket science and shouldn't be much of > a surprise. > > Make no mistake about the fact that Google, Apple and Microsoft's "business > model" all along has been a David Sarnoff style patent monopoly. I can > assure you that ownership of "content" is also very much in their gun-sights > as the mass-looting they've enabled devalues the existing media publishing > industries to the point that they can be acquired for little or nothing. > > The only thing protecting individuals from these monopolies will be the > copyright and patent laws. They really ought to be strengthened but the > best government money can buy has been lobbied for weakening them by Silicon > Valley investment bankers for over a decade using endless tales of "Evil > Disney" and "copyright monopolies." > > Hopefully people will begin to wake up to the fact that these folks are > really not our friends. > > > Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN > Mastering, Audio for Picture, Mix Evaluation and Quality Control > Over 40 years making people sound better than they ever imagined! > 615.562.4346 http://www.bobolhsson.com http://audiomastery.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Fine > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 5:23 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Morning reading: One take on patents, somewhat related > to discussions we've had on copyrights, plus a take on copyrights > > http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/08/google-motorola-and-a > -patent-war.html > > others would argue that the patent system is fine, it ain't broke, that the > whole point is for closely-related ideas to fight it out in courts, with the > patents being the guide for those deciding the cases. > > More directly related to what we discuss on this list: > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/arts/music/springsteen-and-others-soon-eli > gible-to-recover-song-rights.html > > -- Tom Fine