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No Stairway (Infringement) and the Importance of Shared Design Tools in Innovation

Xconomy

But as I explain in a longer blog post , what is copied is a common motif in song composition, effectively a design tool. No one can claim copyright to these things because they have been around for a long time and are now “generic” parts or common design tools, respectively. This is yet another design tool.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map.

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