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I did my senior undergrad thesis on intellectual property rights. If you want to know more read some Lawrence Lessig. he has a TED video out as well also.

Was gonna hire this guy to handle a painting division of my company.  He wanted me to sign a paper saying in the event he was fired that I couldn't use marketing plans he came up with. 

"my intellectual property"  told him to GTFO.

 So, you told him to gtfo because he wanted to protect himself?

Seems intellectual.

http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/againstfinal.htm

http://mises.org/journals/jls/15_2/15_2_1.pdf

Here are two works that address IP from an anti-IP perspective. They're well worth reading through if you're interested in the topic.

Personally, at least at present, I think that property rights should only apply to tangible things. If you apply property rights to intangible things like ideas, chemical formulas, specific organizations of letters or sounds (songs/books), ie. the "recipe", an artificial scarcity is introduced, resulting in fewer people being able to enjoy (and at a lower cost--in fact in many cases the marginal cost of the thing may be almost zero) the idea/song/book, etc. IP results in a dimunition in human welfare by almost any measure.

 i'm a physical therapist. free healthcare only works if those of us working are willing to give up our intellectual property

i studied intellectual property rights quite a bit but i do not understand your question

One of my professors told a chinese exchange student she couldnt use a recorder on his lectures because its his intellectual property.

Niceguy:

 So, you told him to gtfo because he wanted to protect himself?

Seems intellectual.

Milo:

 

Niceguy:

 So, you told him to gtfo because he wanted to protect himself?

Seems intellectual.

No, he told him to GTFO because the guy was an idiot.  If he is employed by me, and one of his jobs is to come up with marketing ideas for my company, those ideas become, de facto, my property as that is what I am paying him for.  If he would like to be an independent contractor, with all the risks that entails, then a different arrangement can be made, otherwise no.

Oh, and in the age of the internet, the idea of "Intellectual Property" is becoming increasingly tenuous . . . and in 20 years max. will be irrelevant.

No problem . . .

But don't ever quote it again, as it is my IP.

Milo:

Oh, and in the age of the internet, the idea of "Intellectual Property" is becoming increasingly tenuous . . . and in 20 years max. will be irrelevant.