Mike Masnick
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Techdirt. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Mike Masnick is a digital rights commentator who founded the technology law and policy website Techdirt and the Copia Institute. He coined the term "Streisand effect" and wrote the paper "Protocols, Not Platforms," which inspired the creation of Bluesky.
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Everything Mike Masnick said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Masnick: Having no patent system would be better than the current system
“I might feel pretty strongly that no patent system would probably be better than the patent system that we have today.”
China reduced prison sentences for inmates who filed patents
“China was incentivizing people in their prisons that they would give them shorter prison sentences if they were able to file patents.”
Masnick: Adopting traditional corporate lobbying would mark a tech industry failure
“I think, you know, one of the things, you know, if it turns out that the tech industry, that the answer for them on policy questions is to build up a giant lobbying system, Set up an apparatus in the nature of like the telcos and the pharmaceuticals and a numb…”
Masnick: Independent invention defense would eliminate most patent system issues
“I think you would wipe out so many of the problems of the patent system if you had a real independent invention defense”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Mike's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
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 a16zLEDGER | Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Techdirt | 1 | 5 | 100% 1/1 | full record on the a16z Podcast → |