@ericandrewlewis
*in the United States
How a thing works
Expression
Company secret
Stamp of authenticity
Maya is inventing a new bike. She invests time and money into research and prices the bike accordingly. Probably change this to a drawing, no need for tons of text.
Research | $1,000 |
Cost to build one | $20 |
Sales price | $150 |
Research | $0 |
Cost to build one | $20 |
Sales price | $75 |
Drawing of the Copyright and Patent acts, which are what the pitch is for
Public disclosure of a "process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter"
20 years of exclusive ownership over implementations
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Dissect a patent, draw out a sample one
"System for converting television commercials into interactive networked video games "
https://www.google.com/patents/US8246454
show that the other dude can't sell his bike because maya applied for a patent
drawing of pagerank paper by larry and sergey
drawing of how pagerank works
https://www.google.com/patents/US5960411
"The patent system is broken" — EFF
patent trolls?
patent arms race?
Patent grants?
https://www.eff.org/patent
Ownership of the use and reproduction of an expression for 75+ years
Code is a "non-dramatic literary work"
Â
maybe mention how you don't own copyright at work
Protected information that gives a company economic advantage
An icon that proves the thing came from a specific organization
An icon that proves the thing came from a specific organization
The author?
The company the author works for?
Someone else?
Â
Run the program
Modify code
Redistribute
Patent grant
etc.
Movable Type 2.6
Mark Pilgrim
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http://web.archive.org/web/20070911032533/http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/05/14/freedom-0
Drawing of Richard Stallman's idea of users
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users think that they are in control of what happens on their computer
when in fact the software is in control
you are controlled by your software