I am a huge fan of informed debate.  I have on more than a few occasions been a part of of official, organized panel discussions with representatives of both sides of this issue or that. But I have found two-sided panels to be an endangered species in Washington, D.C.  //

The author finds it offensive that IP creators…want to protect their IP when their employees leave their employ. Just as a tractor manufacturer doesn’t want an outgoing employee driving off the lot with an armada of unpaid-for threshers.

If people are stealing IP – people aren’t paying for IP. Which means rather rapidly – no one will have other jobs to which to go. Because when no one is paid for IP – no one can hire for IP. Rendering “employment mobility” – ancient history. //

“How fundamental are intellectual property rights, i.e. the rights accruing to an inventor or author or company of exclusive ownership of their own work or invention as enshrined in patent and copyright laws?…

“Strong IPR protections, for example, not only incentivize inventors and IP stakeholders,…(t)hose protections…generate a revenue stream of royalties through which companies can fund the next generation of innovation.”