The Patent Bay project is of course referring to The Pirate Bay, but also to their spectacular trial. The Pirate Bay trial, and the wider question of intellectual property's place in a wired world, is not only about controlling content: it's also about controlling innovation.
It is well known restrictive copyright laws can be used to control the pace and nature of innovation. This trial is one of many in a series where it has collided with innovation: Betamax; Napster; Grokster; DeCSS. Regardless of the merits of the case, the Pirate Bay has become a symbol for millions of people for "a place where you look first". I draw from the value of that symbol for that very reason: I want you to see the machinery behind the overreach of intellectual property and point to better one.
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