Idea
Cost of accumulating knowledge
IPN Opinion article
The basic problem in the [Commission on Intellectual Property Rights] report is the archaic mindset that seems to be the
foundation of much of what has been written. First, the report assumes that
all knowledge is sacred and therefore must be in public domain. Second, that
intellectual property rights restrict the flow of ideas. Third, there is a
fascinating proposition that societies can close the knowledge gap only
through theft and imitation. This one is clearly racist. But more on this
later.
