The trope – pirate – is often used to describe an individual or groups who obtain information or a product, recreates it, and finally disseminate it for a profit. Merriam-Webster defines piracy as “an act of robbery on the high seas.” Alternatively, it refers to “the unauthorized use of another’s production, invention, or conception… .” Modern day pirates might not drink rum like it is water, nor do they wield a cutlass. They do however, have one thing on their mind – plundering booty. Today’s world revolves around innovation as a platform which helps sustain a firm’s survival in the long-run. Rapid technological advancement constantly challenges inventors’ and firms’ abilities to safeguard their prized creations; which often evolved years of research, as well as, large amounts of investments. For instance, 3D printing has been revolutionizing multiple industries; but it also …show more content…
My aim is to examine certain past cases where a party claimed that their intellectual property was used without consent. Because most things are not black or white, rather a spectrum of grays, patents surely produce positive and negative outcomes. They can potentially block certain individuals’ access to certain essentials who might desperately need them. In economic terms, a deadweight loss exists might exist in economies where patents are implemented by a government. This is a controversial topic, since the firm or individual attempting to defend the patent in question can potentially lose profits due to the copyright infringement. 3D Printing: Cultural Property as Intellectual Property, written by Charles Croning will be one of my essential sources for my paper. His focuses on “how we perceive tangible works of cultural property, and how we resolve disputes over their ownership.” I will investigate the outcome of these cases to a higher degree, as well as, analyze the claims of the opposing
...entertainment industry is saying that intellectual property is just as real as physical property. The digital age faces a true balancing act a digital dilemma if you will- the right to freedom of expression while protecting intellectual property.
Sea robbers: These pirates were not faithful to any government and roamed in the open seas.
The Renaissance was a time of great change in Europe beginning in the late middle ages. Philosophies and culture shifted, and so did rebellion. Many feared the seas, for thieves and murderous gangs filled it. Privateers or crews who received funding from royalty or other authorities to fight enemies were corrupt, but they were not the main cause for worry.(Paine) Pirates were the ones who were feared by many and adored by few. Pirates traveled the seas in search of fortune. They would often murder, kidnap and use any other violence necessary to get what their greedy hearts desired.(Paine)(Aldrete) Only the most desperate and greedy would dare to join the bands of rebels because it took specific traits to be a pirate.(Aldrete) To be a successful pirate during the Renaissance, one needed fighting skills, perseverance, and the demeanor to carry out difficult and cruel tasks.
The planet Zebes is considered an unusual one by Galactic Federation scientists. The weather is relatively bleak; the sun rarely bursts through the nearly permanent overcast skies, and rain occurs often. Acid rain is uncommon, however when the acid storm happens, all living beings are endangered except native species that have adapted to such treacherous conditions.
This reading for this week was From Goods to a Good Life: Intellectual Property and Global Justice by Madhavi Sunder. The reading I chose to put into convocation with the first article was The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle. In Sunder’s chapter on “Fair Culture”, she specifically references Lessig’s Free Culture, saying that it is insufficient, thereafter extending its claims. Sunder attempts to extend and slightly modify Lessig’s idea by incorporating a thorough analysis of culture and the inequalities in people’s ability to claim intellectual property rights into her argument. On the other hand, Boyle’s article gives a history of what “property” is, the reach of intellectual property rights, and views on intellectual property rights. Like Lessig, Boyle also assumes a largely economic perspective, which differs from Sunder’s cultural perspective.
Did you ever think that some pirates fought for their country? Contrary to what some might believe, Elizabethan pirates, or privateers, fought for Queen Elizabeth of England. Also, for various reasons they were called sea dogs and buccaneers. The privateers were actually encouraged by the government to pillage their enemies. Elizabethan privateers were enlisted and licensed by the government, were unified in their cause, focused more on capturing than destroying enemy ships, and were made famous through their victories.
Over the past decade the societal view of creative society has greatly changed due to advances in computer technology and the Internet. In 1995, aware of the beginning of this change, two authors wrote articles in Wired Magazine expressing diametrically opposed views on how this technological change would take form, and how it would affect copyright law. In the article "The Emperor's Clothes Still Fit Just Fine" Lance Rose hypothesized that the criminal nature of copyright infringement would prevent it from developing into a socially acceptable practice. Thus, he wrote, we would not need to revise copyright law to prevent copyright infringement. In another article, Entitled "Intellectual Value", Esther Dyson presented a completely different view of the copyright issue. She based many her arguments on the belief that mainstream copyright infringement would proliferate in the following years, causing a radical revision of American ideas and laws towards intellectual property. What has happened since then? Who was right? This paper analyzes the situation then and now, with the knowledge that these trends are still in a state of transformation. As new software and hardware innovations make it easier to create, copy, alter, and disseminate original digital content, this discussion will be come even more critical.
During the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries, piracy was rampant in the Atlantic, specifically in the West Indies. Piracy has existed since the earliest days of ocean travel, for a range of personal and economic reasons. However, one of the major reasons why piracy was wide spread and rampant in the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries was Great Britain’s endorsement and usage of piracy as an asset; in wars fought in the New World. Great Britain with its expanding power and conflicts with other nations would make piracy a lifestyle and lay down the foundation for the Golden Age of Piracy and eventually bring what it created to a screeching halt.
Before the Revolutionary War with Great Britain, U.S. trade ships enjoyed the safety that the British Royal Navy provided. When the new nation won their independence however, the British wasted no time with informing the Barbary Pirates that the US ships were open for attack again. The Barbary pirates, who had been marauding off the coast of Africa for centuries, encountered a new enemy in the early 19th century: the young United States Navy (McNamara, 2016). The North African pirates had been a menace for so long that by the late 1700s most nations paid tribute to ensure that merchant shipping could proceed without being violently attacked. In the early years of the 19th century, the United States, at the direction of President Thomas Jefferson, decided to halt the payment of tribute (Jefferson, 2008). A war between the small and scrappy American Navy and the Barbary pirates ensued.
The Golden Age of Piracy began around 1650, and ended around 1730. Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea, but can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the criminal. The term has been used throughout history to refer to raids across land borders by non-state agents. A pirate is one who commits robberies at sea, usually without being allotted to do so by any particular nation. The usual crime for piracy can include being hung, or publically executed. Some of the most famous pirates who were killed either because of piracy, or because of natural causes, are Barbarossa, Stede Bonnet, Anne Bonney, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Greaves, William Kidd, Jean Laffite, Sir Henry Morgan, Mary Read, and Giovanni da Verrazano.
In 1860, Charles Eden and his companions travelled to the ruined city of Leon in Nicaragua, to scale the nearby volcano of El Viejo. From his account of this journey, within first edition of The Alpine Journal in 1864, was the earliest known mention of the phrase ‘golden age of piracy’ is used. The ‘golden age of piracy’ is a problematic term, both to define and to use in historiographical debate. Piracy on the one hand, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is “the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea.” While within the same dictionary, the term ‘golden age’ is defined to be “an idyllic, often imaginary past time.” A contrasting and contradictory pair to place together, yet this term was given to encompass the three outbreaks of piracy in the early modern world; the Buccaneering period, the
An opponent of our current patent law and system may make the argument that absent our intellectual property rights, innovations and discoveries would more closely exhibit the characteristics found in “pure public goods” such as national defense and education7. These examples are non-rival in consumption, there is enough to go around for everybody, and they are also non-excludable; no one is prevented from enjoying the good7. What these critics of our system fail to acknowledge is that an inventor could possibly bear the cost of making their discovery while everyone benefits on this free ride and prevents the original developer from ever recovering their initial investment of time and money. This flaw in the competitive system we would have absent IP law would potentially discourage some pioneers from their R&D. This would indicate that in some instances of innovation, the short-term monopoly provided by our patent law is a necessity to provide adequate incentive. The pharmaceutical industry is the poster child for this necessary protection provided by patents. In this sector, and to...
Robbert Van Ooijen. "Why Piracy Is Good For Innovation." 'hypebot' N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2014.
Innovation reflects the unknown. A new innovation is one that is unproven, and there is always going to be a degree of risk aversion that drives people to prefer existing technologies and ideas over new ones. This risk aversion lies at the heart of the innovator's dilemma. The author describes it as being based on emotional and psychological responses. In some cases, there may be ego involved for one who is involved in the old innovation – when AltaVista and Yahoo rejected Google's ideas they may not have realized it, but they were defending their own innovations. However, such a response led them to make the wrong move, and today Yahoo is struggling and if AltaVista still exists nobody is aware of that. As a result of this phenomenon, innovators are seldom able to sustain innovation. They instead find that their interests change, and with these changes comes the pursuit of refining or defending their old innovations. It can be difficult to let those old works go and pursue something new and better. Yet innovation is essentially a reflection of creative destruction. The old innovation might still be useful but if there is a better innovation available, it will win the day eventually. The best in business recognize the value of innovation, even when that innovation threatens their own personal legacy.
Firstly, Creator being accused as a theft. For instance, Creator who had created its own product, design, logo, invention, name, literary, artistic works, symbols and image that used in commerce purpose. Their hard work may be taken by others if they did not protect their intellectual property well. Those who had taken this creation may have already promoting it into market and making it to be more famous by advertising and earning big money. If this creator want to sell this idea to others or use it to create its own business, People will be accusing him being a theft where he had stolen other person work. This may not only causing him to lose its hard work, he will also be blaming for stealing.