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Effective laws and enforcement mechanisms to protect intellectual property are cornerstones of a modern, innovative economy.  In the Americas, this issue is debated within countries, and by the hemisphere as a whole as it moves toward harmonized standards.  For further information please contact Ken Brown.

 

 
 
 

 

Intellectual property — left?
(Open source vs. intellectual property and the laches defense)
By Ken Brown
AdTI Research Report
April 7, 2005

Is open source communist?
("Brown has been after open source before. A recent TechWorld column charges his whole argument is a Microsoft plot. Would that it were.")
Discussion blog
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn
Zdnet.com
March 29, 2005

Spring break 05: Slashdotters gone wild
(More than 200 slashdotters, or almost all of them, agree: AdTIers just wanna have FUD, &tc.; Though, as v8s4ever puts it: "Just remember one famous comment... First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." — Mohandas Gandhi.)
Posted by Zonk
Slashdot
March 25, 2005

AdTI/Ken Brown validated
Keith Sheets
AdTI Impact Assessment
Blog.InformationWeek.com
March 24, 2005

Think-tank report lays into Linux
(The legal time-bomb of laches)
By Matthew Broersma
Techworld
March 23, 2005

Torvalds makeover: Linux re-visionism
By AdTI staff
Samizdat impact update
March 22, 2005

Special report: Microsoft vs. Linux Security
Buys Inc. Attorneys
Techworld
January 29, 2005

The Linux Killer
(Does Linux need to be "rewritten, top to bottom, with proper attributions, permissions, and paperwork for every line of code"?) By Brad Stone
Wired magazine
July 2004

Samizdat updates
Compiled by AdTI staff
(An ongoing archive)
May 2004 & ff.

Is Torvalds really the father of Linux?
"I'd agree that 'inventor' is not necessarily the right word" — Torvals
Zdnet
May 19, 2004

Samizdat excerpt: The origins of Linux
By Ken Brown
AdTI Research Report
May 2004

Outsourding and IP devaluation
Excerpt and discussion board
Linux Today
May 12, 2004

Open Source Apocalypse
(Patents and the Penguin: "Sadly, I believe this threat will ultimately make the SCO debacle pale in comparison." -- tedgyz 515156, roostme.com) Posted by CmdrTaco.net
Slashdot
May 11, 2004

Windows Users Have Fewer Vulnerabilities
(Microsoft Corp. posting of Forrester Report excerpts)
May 5, 2004

Outsourding and IP devaluation
By Ken Brown
Darwin
April 26, 2004

Patents and the Penguin
By Ken Brown
AdTI Research Report
April, 2004

Linux security controversy
By Dan O'Dowd
Greenhill Software
April 19, 2004
(Part two here and part three here.)

Linux: Unfit for national security?
"Days after an embedded-industry CEO stirred up a firestorm by charging that Linux poses a threat to U.S. security, two prominent computing-security experts said last week that some developers are already inappropriately using Linux in critical security applications where it isn't suitable."
By Charles Murphy
EE Times
April 19, 2004

Open source security "not good enough"
By Rodney Gedda (Computerworld)
CIO.com.au
March 19, 2004

Outsourcing and the devaluation of intellectual property
By Ken Brown
AdTI Research Report
March 10, 2004

Linux security problems are your own fault
(Translation: Deploy Linux, we'll be behind you all the way to blame you for any problems.)
By Matthew Broersma
Linuxworld (posted from Techworld)
March 8, 2004

Developers take Linux attacks to heart
By Robert Lemos
CNET News
December 9, 2003

"Gentoo rsync.gentoo.org server compromised"
Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
Gentoo.org
December 8, 2003

Debian: Serious Linux Security Flaw Enabled Attack
By Paul Thurrott
Windows&.Net Ezine
December 2, 2003

Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt at Linux World
By Paul Thurrott
Windows ITPro
August 4, 2003

Aberdeen Group says Linux/UNIX is as vulnerable as Windows
By John McCormick
Tech Republic
January 6, 2003

Open Source and Linux: 2002 Poster Children for Security Problems
"Open source software is now the major source of elevated security vulnerabilities for IT buyers."
By Jim Hurley
Aberdeen Group
January 2003

Study: Linux's Security Problems Outstrip Microsoft's
"Open source software has surpassed Microsoft software in terms of security problems, according to an Aberdeen Group report. 'Open source software, commonly used in many versions of Linux, Unix, and network routing equipment, is now the major source of elevated security vulnerabilities for IT buyers,' the report stated."
By James Maguire
NewsFactor Network
November 15, 2002

Open source: A case for e-governance
By Sjha1@aol.com
Bytesforall
October 18, 2002

Apache and OpenSSH Vulnerabilities
"If you don't know how to make security fixes on your Linux systems or do not have permission to do them, remove the systems from the Net until you or someone else can fix them." (Translation: If you deploy Linux, make sure you have a staff of several Linux programmers available 24 hours a day for those occasions when you need to shut down your IT systems. Or, call the IBM help robot. ;-) )
By Don Marti
Linux Today
June 15, 2002

CPI: Cyberspace Policy Institute Accepts Debate with AdTI
By Tony Stanco
Linux Today
June 17, 2002

US Gov't Still Penguin Shy
By Declan McCullagh and Robert Zarate
Wired News
June 12, 2002

Study: Open source poses security risks
By Matthew Broersma
Zdnet
May 31, 2002

Examination of the Open Source Software Debate
June 2002



PRE-2002 ARCHIVE


Spirited conflict brings U.S. foreign policy to crossroads
A RUM DEAL
Santa Barbara News-Press
Sunday, July 8, 2001

Rum War Tests U.S. Foreign Policy
Miami Herald
Kenneth Brown
June 18, 2001

Alexis de Tocqueville Institution Supports Recents WTO Ruling Against U.S. Law Section 211
Yahoo Finance
June 14, 2001

WTO Issues Mixed Preliminary Ruling In 'Havana Club' Trademarks Dispute
Daniel Pruzin
Daily Report for Executives
June 12, 2001

Alexis de Tocqueville Institution Urges Repeal of Controversial Intellectual Property Provision
Yahoo Finance
May 24, 2001

Don't Let Intellectual-property Protection Slide
Margalit Edelman
Journal of Commerce
May 9, 2000

TRIPs in Trouble: A Survey of Intellectual Property (Non) Compliance in Latin America
By Margalit Edelman, Research Fellow
December 1, 1999

The Latin Lag on Intellectual Property Protection
by Margalit Edelman
Journal of Commerce
November 12, 1999

Latin American Economists Support Strong Intellectual Property Protection
by Margalit Edelman
AdTI Issue Brief No. 175
October 26, 1999

Intellectual Property Protection and the Free Trade Area of the Americas
A Statement submitted to the Fifth Business Forum of the Americas
Toronto, Canada, November 1, 1999

Piracy in Paraguay: A Serious Threat to Growth and Prosperity in the America
by Margalit Edelman
AdTI Issue Brief No. 173
July 1999

Clinton y América Latina
op-ed, Diario las Américas 
by Philip Peters 
January 15, 1998