Archive for October 31st, 2009

How Copyright became the number one item on your Governments Todo list.

October 31, 2009

Setting the Scene.   Consultants are people/firms that are hired to divorce an organisations internal politics from a result and quite often, consultants bring with them a differential focused expertise in the area requiring their expert attention.   There’s an accepted modus operandi for consultancy firms in business, “When you get hired, look for more [...]

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Copyright, Trademark or Legalised Piracy?

October 31, 2009

In 1994, I wanted to place an entry in the Phone Book to give me an advantage over my “soon to be competition”.   I tried to register “Internet Australia Pty. Ltd.”  as a company name. Quite rightly, ASIC refused my attempt at registering a “generic” name.   I succeeded in my efforts by registering [...]

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To Protect OR to Innovate – That is the Question.

October 31, 2009

Isn’t interesting that industries that use outdated business models tend to die.   In the 1800’s Candle and Tallow makers were fearful of their futures and even in two hundred years ago, there were people that paid out on the protectionist industry.   The following is copied in toto from http://www.panarchy.org/bastiat/petition.eng.1845.html   Read it, cogitate [...]

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