Kun toisillemme arvokkaiden tekojen palkitseminen määritellään juridiseksi velvollisuudeksi (IP), muunlaiselle palkitsemiselle ei ole enää tarvetta. Voisi väittää, että intellectual property on psykologisesti ahneen kapitalistinen järjestelmä, jossa vapaamatkustamisen manageroinnista on tehty institutionaalista. Ekosysteemin hiljainen kulttuurine tieto, tavat ja innovaatomahdollisuudet on kuitenkin heitetty tuossa pesuveden mukana menemään. This fuzzy, gray relationship between companies and entrepreneurs is just one manifestation of a much broader cultural gap between the East and the West. The West has a “broadcast” view of IP and ownership: good ideas and innovation are credited to a clearly specified set of authors or inventors, and society pays them a royalty for their initiative and good works. China has a “network” view of IP and ownership: the far-sight necessary to create good ideas and innovations is attained by standing on the shoulders of others, and as such there is a network of people who trade these ideas as favors among each other. In a system with such a loose attitude toward IP, sharing with the network is necessary as tomorrow it could be your friend standing on your shoulders, and you’ll be looking to them for favors. This is unlike the West, where rule of law enables IP to be amassed over a long period of time, creating impenetrable monopoly positions. It’s good for the guys on top, but tough for the upstarts.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 21:24:02 +0000
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