The Center for Economic and Policy Research has just released the paper, "Opening Doors and Smashing Windows: Alternative Measures for Funding Software Development" by Dean Baker, CEPR economist and Co-Director.
This paper examines the ways in which copyrights and patents (intellectual property rights) lead to inefficiency and waste, and outlines alternative mechanisms for supporting software development.
The paper can be accessed at: http://www.cepr.net/publications/windows_2005_10.pdf.
Kathryn Bogel E-mail: bogel@cepr.net Center for Economic and Policy Research 1611 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20009 Phone (202) 293-5380 x111 Fax (202) 588-1356 _www.cepr.net http://www.cepr.net/_
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