Showing posts with label ip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ip. Show all posts

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Health Care

How to legally kill 300,000 Americans. It starts with a patent.

Tuesday, January 02, 2018

Saturday, September 02, 2017

Regulation

Because Google enjoys a government-granted monopoly via patents, it can abuse its power to quash critical stories.

YouTube censors Ron Paul.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Regulation

Complying with US emissions has caused Volkswagen cars to have power problems.

Cruelty of the minimum wage.

In a rare victory for workers, the minimum wage is falling in Missouri.

Patents are behind restrictions on repairing electronic gadgets.

Blue Whale challenge illustrates moral bankruptcy of net neutrality.

Saturday, April 01, 2017

Freedom of Speech

State of Georgia wins copyright lawsuit against man who published its laws.

Two activists who went undercover and filmed Planned Parenthood charged with 15 felonies.

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Regulation

Patents prevent us from owning nice things.

Saturday, March 04, 2017

Economy

Microsoft nearing $1 trillion valuation, mostly thanks to android patents.
"Microsoft is generating $2 billion per year in revenue from Android patent royalties, says Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund in a new note on the company.
He estimates that the Android revenue has a 95% margin, so it's pretty much all profit. 
This money, says Sherlund, helps Microsoft hide the fact that its mobile and Xbox groups are burning serious cash. "
Thank the government.

Apple hits record high.

Alan Greenspan suddenly remembers gold is money.

Economic globalization versus political globalization.

Testosterone blamed for bubbles.

Another woman's retailers goes bankrupt.
"BCBG is just one of many retailers to announce store closures in 2017. The Limited shut down all brick-and-mortar locations, including local stores, and also filed for bankruptcy. Macy’s, Sears, Kmart and Ann Taylor will also cut select locations."
Nine retailers closing stores nationwide, but the economy is fine.

The bubble will soon pop despite Trump's reforms.

Big data will not enable a centrally planned economy.

GDP and ZIRP prove the economy is still bad contrary to the hype.


Skepticism of AI concerns voiced by plutocrats.
We need robots to take jobs.

Home ownership rate in 2016 lowest since 1965.

Technology can't prevent recessions because they are caused by misallocation of resources due to low interest rates and artificial credit.

Fractional reserve banking would be limited in a free market.

Bonds containing risky mortgages receive AAA rating as they did in 2007-2008.

There are no Christmas presents in broken Venezuela.

Ten fundamental laws of economics.

Inflation is about the money supply, not prices. Price inflation is a product of monetary inflation.

The correct definition of money is important.

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Regulation

Tech giants minus Apple unite to control AI. You can bet they'll buy and share patents to squeeze the market.

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Regulation

Comedy Central claims copyright over Stephen Colbert's character, barring him from using it on his own show.

Friday, July 01, 2016

Friday, June 17, 2016

Regulation

China halts sale of iPhone 6 over patent claims. More.

Citigroup sues AT&T for saying Thanks, claiming it violates it's THANKYOU trademark.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Media

AMC threatens copyright lawsuit if anybody spoils who got killed in the finale.

Monday, May 23, 2016

Regulation

Copyright law misused to remove data from internet.

Overtime regulations disproportionately harm young workers and startups, supporting the status quo.

Saturday, May 07, 2016

Regulation

KFC opens a pilot store in China using robots to take orders. Fast food workers will rue pushing a higher minimum wage.

Patent trolls have a favorite judge.

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Foreign Policy

The US starts another campaign against Switzerland, calling it a pirate haven. US rulers hate the greater freedoms in Switzerland.

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Monday, April 04, 2016

Regulation

Copyright troll plans to hijack browsers of pirates and demand fines, redefining the term.

Local

Missing Wright Brothers patent found after being misfiled 36 years ago.

Dayton schools do so much damage to children during the regular grades, they want to do more harm to pre-schoolers.

Saturday, April 02, 2016

Regulation

Tech giants benefit from copyright laws. Surprise, surprise.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Regulation

Copyright laws are biased against little guys, causing problems for them at YouTube.