There have been a bunch of companies trying to "trade" in patents or patent auctions, and all they've done is help make innovation harder Read more
Recently, in writing about a DRM scheme, I used the analogy of the Star Trek food replicator to explain why it made no sense to turn infinite goods, like content, into artificially... Read more
Image via Wikipedia If you like good music, you’re almost certainly aware of the iconic indie label Sub Pop. Apparently, Sub Pop’s creative juices aren’t just foc... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Last year, we wrote about a fascinating “art” project, called “Significant Objects,” that involved a bunch of writers buying up random c... Read more
