This week, it’s frickin’ cold in NY, but we’re looking at the history of intellectual property law (and its recent abuses in the tech industry), as well as open-source software!
Links for the Curious: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/house-votes-325-91-to-pass-innovation-act-first-anti-patent-troll-bill/ http://www.forbes.com/asap/2002/0624/044.html http://www.jwalkonline.org/docs/Grad%20Classes/Fall%2007/Org%20Psy/Cases/motivation%20articles/PERUSED/metaanalysis%20of%20extrinsic%20rewards.pdf http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24758791 http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a27 http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/history/ http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_brown_on_creativity_and_play.html
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1-Million-Neuron Simulator Almost Up & Running: http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/12/brain-emulation-machine-with-one.html?m=1
Microsoft Subtly States that the US Government is a Security Threat to PC Users: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-us-government-is-an-advanced-persistent-threat-7000024019/
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