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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comMon, 28 Apr 2008 13:00 BSTTue, 13 May 2008 10:53:18 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/technologyforum(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5db93a80-1517-11dd-996c-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5db93a80-1517-11dd-996c-0000779fd2ac.htmlDrug companies are willing to endanger global efforts to combat neglected diseases in a short-sighted effort to protect their patents, writes James BoyleMon, 28 Apr 2008 13:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cbcd336e-0f9a-11dd-8871-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cbcd336e-0f9a-11dd-8871-0000779fd2ac.htmlA political impasse killed off the US's ill-conceived Patent Reform Act but patent protection is still under threat. It is a stark warning, writes Richard EpsteinMon, 21 Apr 2008 13:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8331218e-0567-11dd-a9e0-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8331218e-0567-11dd-a9e0-0000779fd2ac.htmlSpectrum allocation policy continues to be plagued by the lack of well-defined property rights, says Richard A. EpsteinTue, 8 Apr 2008 13:33 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/34c929d2-04b9-11dd-a2f0-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/34c929d2-04b9-11dd-a2f0-000077b07658.htmlThe US government's $20bn airwave auction is welcome but late. A more liberal approach to use of the broadcasting spectrum would yield benefits for all, says Thomas HazlettMon, 7 Apr 2008 16:42 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e2146f4-fb73-11dc-8c3e-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e2146f4-fb73-11dc-8c3e-000077b07658.htmlThe Microsoft saga highlights how bureaucratic impersonality makes the Court of First Instance's decisions unreadable and reduces its influence, writes Richard EpsteinWed, 26 Mar 2008 20:32 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9444c71a-e3d3-11dc-8799-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9444c71a-e3d3-11dc-8799-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe European Commission thinks that extending the copyright over sound recordings to 95 years will not raise prices. The best study suggests the reverse, writes James BoyleMon, 25 Feb 2008 19:00 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f9b75e64-d8a2-11dc-8b22-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f9b75e64-d8a2-11dc-8b22-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe cleanest solution to the debate over net neutrality is not pure regulation or competition. It is to give responsibility for the last mile of the network to end users, writes Eli Noam Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:33 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9234c0f0-ce67-11dc-877a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9234c0f0-ce67-11dc-877a-000077b07658.htmlIt is in the competitive interests of companies to voluntarily abandon restrictive practices, writes Richard EpsteinTue, 29 Jan 2008 12:44 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a94d92e0-cd99-11dc-9e4e-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a94d92e0-cd99-11dc-9e4e-000077b07658.htmlTen years after the 'anti-trust case of the century', Microsoft's empire has proved both more resilient and less evil than imaginedMon, 28 Jan 2008 12:17 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3732b60-c377-11dc-b083-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3732b60-c377-11dc-b083-0000779fd2ac.htmlDoes a mixed model of private and common property law translate into cyberspace? Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:01 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fdae0ad4-b8a6-11dc-893b-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fdae0ad4-b8a6-11dc-893b-0000779fd2ac.htmlThere were three moments of happy surprise in an otherwise fairly grim 2007, writes James BoyleTue, 1 Jan 2008 20:24 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f124c7e-acd8-11dc-b51b-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f124c7e-acd8-11dc-b51b-0000779fd2ac.htmlInstead of radar, let aircraft use their satellite navigational system to transmit their location and direction, argues Eli Noam Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:51 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1eac360a-a715-11dc-a25a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1eac360a-a715-11dc-a25a-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe greatest form of charity to the developing world would be removing barriers to free trade, writes Richard EpsteinMon, 10 Dec 2007 12:16 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb56167c-9ead-11dc-b4e4-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb56167c-9ead-11dc-b4e4-0000779fd2ac.htmlPlans to distribute cheap laptops to children are commendable but may not be the best form of aid to the developing world, writes Thomas HazlettThu, 29 Nov 2007 19:15 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f531a57c-939a-11dc-a884-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f531a57c-939a-11dc-a884-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe hidden secret of contemporary copyright law is that music copyright has gone nano-scale. It purports to regulate the tiniest fragments of tune or recording, writes James BoyleThu, 15 Nov 2007 16:55 GMT