The Utility of “Piracy”
February 11th, 2005

An interesting bit found on David Bollier’s Blog:


A new breed of companies is learning how to respect the commons while leveraging its social vitality in sustainable ways. A prime example is IBM’s announcement this week that it would release 500 of its patents for open-source development. This is part of a much larger trend. As Glenn Otis Brown at the Creative Commons blog noted recently, more companies are starting to exploit ‚Äö√Ñ√∫piracy‚Äö√Ñ√π as a business strategy.

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An interesting bit found on David Bollier’s Blog:

A new breed of companies is learning how to respect the commons while leveraging its social vitality in sustainable ways. A prime example is IBM’s announcement this week that it would release 500 of its patents for open-source development. This is part of a much larger trend. As [...]

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