SI 110 - 1/30/07
malware writers
security
script kiddies
paper
due 13th
outlaw content or software
topics posted on website
intellectual property
- patents
have to be made public
needed because knowledge is movable
expires 17 years from granting
application fee if patent is granted
prior art
prior patent
prior research, but no patent
prove that it hasn't been done before
US doesn't have a use it or loose it rule
patent trolling
initially given incentive to invent
- copyright
doesn't have to register
hard to know if you are in violation of copyright
established simply by authors claim
divided endlessly
does not protect ideas or facts
protects expression of ideas
copy protection
illegal to put out a crack
fair use
movie clips
use for educational purpose
right of first purchase
europe
tends to patent software instead of copyright
- trademarks
straight forward
identifies or warrents an object
issue of consumer confusion
purpose
warranting
branding
knowledge as property
creation of property, monopoly
difference between authorship and ownership of IP
even if you win case, you still have to pay for litigation
examples
designer jeans
levi strauss
didn't respond to the market
Viagra patent
a few billion dollars
RIM + NTP
blackberry
cost of AIDS cocktail
$6,000 vs $140
sunny bono act
micheal eisner
disney
micky mouse
sunny bono in congress
umich ITCS
not in job to protect copyright
radio
marketing
help people know about it
Wealth of Nations
monopolies
Authorship
renaissance
authors start to make money
Dante
Shakespeare
Shakespeare in love
Censorship
King of France's library
censors gave copyright
innovations before 1900
US not center of innovation
US didn't respect copyright
swiping other countries IP
stole german chemical patents
difficulty in copying
reproduction is very easy
printing became cheaper
software is easy to make exact copies, many times
classics
old
good
people like it
value comes from people's appreciation
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