![]() ![]() ![]() Much of IP's perceived value derives from the legal protection afforded by copyrights and patents. Skeptical? Just like "always" and "forever," the word "everything" should caution you that too much is being promised, that "mass collaboration" likely has problems as well as advantages.įor example, it can be very risky for a corporation to give up its intellectual property. ![]() This is evident, write the authors, in the "explosive growth of phenomena such as MySpace, InnoCentive, flickr, Second Life, YouTube, and the Human Genome Project." This should be a virtuous circle because technology will build on itself, and technological advancement should occur at an even faster pace. Whatever your work, mass collaboration will improve on it by introducing new ideas, better processes and superior products. That is the basic premise of the book: The more you let outsiders use and shape your work, the better life becomes. And it doesn't stop there: Your collaboration in hosts of other global efforts will help develop products, improve the political system, create a cleaner environment and find cures for diseases. Indeed, Wikinomics' authors ask you to help write the final chapter of their book. WilliamsĪccording to Wikinomics, you can and will, and the review will be all the better for it. ![]()
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