Here’s another Intellectual Property follow-up. This time it’s a very interesting TED video. It’s well worth watching.
Johanna Blakely: Lessons from fashion’s free culture:
Food and IP
Here are some movies I think are worth watching about our food supply Strangely, these movies also twist together some of the intellectual property and patent issues I’ve been thinking about recently. Did you know if you grow Monsanto’s patented soybeans, you can’t keep any of the seed you produce? They actually police this. Also, if you’re a non-Monsanto soybean grower next to a Monsanto grower and Monsanto’s plants naturally cross with yours, Monsanto can come and take your crop because of patent infringement?
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Follow-up on Light Side of the Moon
There’s been a flurry of IP talk since my last blog post. Here are some posts that I found interesting:
Jonathan Schwartz - Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
And a little earlier, Tim Bray -
Giving Up on Patents
The Light Side of the Moon
I’ve always been greatly inspired by the U.S. mission to the moon. The moon mission drove my passion for electronics, computers, and science; as it did for many others. I’ve read quite a bit on the moon mission and watched quite a few documentaries on it. I recently watched a couple of episodes of “Moon Machines.” This series caused me to connect some thoughts I’ve had lately - none of which have anything to do with actually being on the moon.
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