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• UK keeps three times as many patents secret as the US
  Not only is the patent system broken (it has forgotten to protect the public good in return for granting a temporary monopoly), but it turns out that thousands of the things are kept secret.

  Shaped for an analog age where businesses were control points in a disconnected society, patents have become sinkholes for money and innovation in the connected digital age, allowing unjust monopolisation and chilling of network effects.

  We are so overdue reform of the patent system, in the UK, the US and pretty much everywhere else.

  (tags: UK USA Patents Secret Military Defence)
• ACTA Link Round Up
  Great round-up by Brenda of recent developments on ACTA, worth taking a look. The moves by India to start a rebellion are especially welcome.
  (tags: ACTA)
• The Economics of Copyright
  Great to see that there’s thinking about copyright reform in progress in the UK, even if it’s a bit inaccessible.
  (tags: UK Copyright Reform)
• Saying information wants to be free does more harm than good
  In which we are reminded of the context and the full quote from which the phrase is extracted and realise that it is being spun by those who prefer control to individual liberty.
  (tags: OpenData Copyright Freedom)

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