History of intellectual property in computing?
Greetings, SIGCIS. I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class. Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society. Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks, Bill
Bill — I will be very interested to follow the responses you receive to your question, which is interesting and complicated and very much still in development within the history of computing literature. Just a quick response of my own, however. In the past year the Annals of the History of Computing has published two pieces by Gerardo Con Diaz on intellectual property in software that I believe are going to open up the scholarship on this topic. They are: Gerardo Con Diaz, "Embodied Software: Patents and the History of Software Development, 1946-1970", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 37 no. 3, p. 8-19, July-Sept., 2015 https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2015/03/man2015030008-abs.html and Gerardo Con Diaz, "Contested Ontologies of Software: The Story of Gottschalk v. Benson, 1963-1972", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 38 no. 1, p. 23-33, Jan.-Mar., 2016 https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2016/01/man2016010023.html I also have a running list of IP related literature that I don’t have access to at the moment but will send along. In the meantime, there is one recent addition to this literature that, although it does not deal specifically with computing, does illustrate the value of incorporating legal history into the study of information technology more generally, and that is Beauchamp, Christopher. Invented by Law: Alexander Graham Bell and the Patent That Changed America, Harvard University Press, 2015. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674368064 -Nathan --- Nathan Ensmenger Associate Professor of Informatics School of Informatics and Computing Indiana University, Bloomington homes.soic.indiana.edu/nensmeng/
On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:25 AM, McMillan, William W <william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu> wrote:
Greetings, SIGCIS.
I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class.
Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society.
Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks, Bill
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Hi Bill: Might I offer the following, as being of perhaps only marginal relevance but of some interest because of Charles Babbage's involvement, though in fact it it does not concern his computing interests: Charles Babbage and the Anglo-American Copyright Dispute Randell, B. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing Vol. 18, Issue 3, pp 56 IEEE Computer Society, 1996 ISSN 1058-6180 Cheers Brian Randell
On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:25 AM, McMillan, William W <william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu> wrote:
Greetings, SIGCIS.
I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class.
Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society.
Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks, Bill
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+1, these are great articles. I’d like to add that Tom Haigh’s new book, ENIAC in Action, has sections discussing Honeywell vs Sperry Rand, the grandaddy of computing IP cases. (Summary on pp. 265-267) Also, Tom Misa has a book chapter which I recall argues that making the IP of the transistor widely available was crucial to the spread of the technology. (AT&T was required to do this as a regulated monopoly.) Misa, Thomas J. 1985. “Military Needs, Commercial Realities, and the Development of the Transistor, 1948-1958.” In Military Enterprise and Technological Change: Perspectives on the American Experience, edited by Merritt Roe Smith. Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press. Both are foundational pieces of intellectual property for the computer industry, which would have been greatly restricted without these IP being opened up. Although neither is a primary source, I’m sure you can find primary sources referenced in the footnotes. -Hansen
On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Ensmenger, Nathan <nensmeng@indiana.edu> wrote:
Bill — I will be very interested to follow the responses you receive to your question, which is interesting and complicated and very much still in development within the history of computing literature.
Just a quick response of my own, however.
In the past year the Annals of the History of Computing has published two pieces by Gerardo Con Diaz on intellectual property in software that I believe are going to open up the scholarship on this topic. They are:
Gerardo Con Diaz, "Embodied Software: Patents and the History of Software Development, 1946-1970", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 37 no. 3, p. 8-19, July-Sept., 2015 https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2015/03/man2015030008-abs.html
and
Gerardo Con Diaz, "Contested Ontologies of Software: The Story of Gottschalk v. Benson, 1963-1972", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 38 no. 1, p. 23-33, Jan.-Mar., 2016 https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2016/01/man2016010023.html
I also have a running list of IP related literature that I don’t have access to at the moment but will send along.
In the meantime, there is one recent addition to this literature that, although it does not deal specifically with computing, does illustrate the value of incorporating legal history into the study of information technology more generally, and that is
Beauchamp, Christopher. Invented by Law: Alexander Graham Bell and the Patent That Changed America, Harvard University Press, 2015. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674368064
-Nathan
--- Nathan Ensmenger Associate Professor of Informatics School of Informatics and Computing Indiana University, Bloomington homes.soic.indiana.edu/nensmeng/
On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:25 AM, McMillan, William W <william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu> wrote:
Greetings, SIGCIS.
I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class.
Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society.
Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks, Bill
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Also, although it’s not history of computing per se, Tarleton Gillespie’s Wired Shut deals with issues around piracy of MP3s and DVDs, DMCA, Napster, the rise of DRM, etc. The specific case studies he discusses are now over a decade old and so could be considered recent history. Gillespie, Tarleton. 2007. Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:46 AM, Hansen Hsu <hansnhsu@gmail.com> wrote:
+1, these are great articles.
I’d like to add that Tom Haigh’s new book, ENIAC in Action, has sections discussing Honeywell vs Sperry Rand, the grandaddy of computing IP cases. (Summary on pp. 265-267)
Also, Tom Misa has a book chapter which I recall argues that making the IP of the transistor widely available was crucial to the spread of the technology. (AT&T was required to do this as a regulated monopoly.) Misa, Thomas J. 1985. “Military Needs, Commercial Realities, and the Development of the Transistor, 1948-1958.” In Military Enterprise and Technological Change: Perspectives on the American Experience, edited by Merritt Roe Smith. Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press.
Both are foundational pieces of intellectual property for the computer industry, which would have been greatly restricted without these IP being opened up.
Although neither is a primary source, I’m sure you can find primary sources referenced in the footnotes.
-Hansen
On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Ensmenger, Nathan <nensmeng@indiana.edu <mailto:nensmeng@indiana.edu>> wrote:
Bill — I will be very interested to follow the responses you receive to your question, which is interesting and complicated and very much still in development within the history of computing literature.
Just a quick response of my own, however.
In the past year the Annals of the History of Computing has published two pieces by Gerardo Con Diaz on intellectual property in software that I believe are going to open up the scholarship on this topic. They are:
Gerardo Con Diaz, "Embodied Software: Patents and the History of Software Development, 1946-1970", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 37 no. 3, p. 8-19, July-Sept., 2015 https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2015/03/man2015030008-abs.html <https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2015/03/man2015030008-abs.html>
and
Gerardo Con Diaz, "Contested Ontologies of Software: The Story of Gottschalk v. Benson, 1963-1972", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 38 no. 1, p. 23-33, Jan.-Mar., 2016 https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2016/01/man2016010023.html
I also have a running list of IP related literature that I don’t have access to at the moment but will send along.
In the meantime, there is one recent addition to this literature that, although it does not deal specifically with computing, does illustrate the value of incorporating legal history into the study of information technology more generally, and that is
Beauchamp, Christopher. Invented by Law: Alexander Graham Bell and the Patent That Changed America, Harvard University Press, 2015. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674368064
-Nathan
--- Nathan Ensmenger Associate Professor of Informatics School of Informatics and Computing Indiana University, Bloomington homes.soic.indiana.edu/nensmeng/
On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:25 AM, McMillan, William W <william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu> wrote:
Greetings, SIGCIS.
I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class.
Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society.
Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks, Bill
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I believe much of the extensive litigation Ralph Baer took against Nolan Bushnell and his Pong machine (and other copycat games) is hashed over in Baer's book *Videogames*: *In the Beginning*. Related, there's also the 1981 Atari vs. Ken Williams lawsuit, which set the legal precedent that digital game mechanics cannot be copywritten. There's no academic work on this (yet!) but drop me an email if you want what documentation I have (there's a wikilaw summary here <http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Atari_v._Williams>). On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:54 PM Hansen Hsu <hansnhsu@gmail.com> wrote:
Also, although it’s not history of computing per se, Tarleton Gillespie’s *Wired Shut* deals with issues around piracy of MP3s and DVDs, DMCA, Napster, the rise of DRM, etc. The specific case studies he discusses are now over a decade old and so could be considered recent history.
Gillespie, Tarleton. 2007. *Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture*. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:46 AM, Hansen Hsu <hansnhsu@gmail.com> wrote:
+1, these are great articles.
I’d like to add that Tom Haigh’s new book, *ENIAC in Action*, has sections discussing *Honeywell vs Sperry Rand*, the grandaddy of computing IP cases. (Summary on pp. 265-267)
Also, Tom Misa has a book chapter which I recall argues that making the IP of the transistor widely available was crucial to the spread of the technology. (AT&T was required to do this as a regulated monopoly.) Misa, Thomas J. 1985. “Military Needs, Commercial Realities, and the Development of the Transistor, 1948-1958.” In *Military Enterprise and Technological Change: Perspectives on the American Experience*, edited by Merritt Roe Smith. Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press.
Both are foundational pieces of intellectual property for the computer industry, which would have been greatly restricted without these IP being opened up.
Although neither is a primary source, I’m sure you can find primary sources referenced in the footnotes.
-Hansen
On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Ensmenger, Nathan <nensmeng@indiana.edu> wrote:
Bill — I will be very interested to follow the responses you receive to your question, which is interesting and complicated and very much still in development within the history of computing literature.
Just a quick response of my own, however.
In the past year the Annals of the History of Computing has published two pieces by Gerardo Con Diaz on intellectual property in software that I believe are going to open up the scholarship on this topic. They are:
Gerardo Con Diaz, "Embodied Software: Patents and the History of Software Development, 1946-1970", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 37 no. 3, p. 8-19, July-Sept., 2015 https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2015/03/man2015030008-abs.html
and
Gerardo Con Diaz, "Contested Ontologies of Software: The Story of Gottschalk v. Benson, 1963-1972", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 38 no. 1, p. 23-33, Jan.-Mar., 2016 https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2016/01/man2016010023.html
I also have a running list of IP related literature that I don’t have access to at the moment but will send along.
In the meantime, there is one recent addition to this literature that, although it does not deal specifically with computing, does illustrate the value of incorporating legal history into the study of information technology more generally, and that is
Beauchamp, Christopher. Invented by Law: Alexander Graham Bell and the Patent That Changed America, Harvard University Press, 2015. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674368064
-Nathan
--- Nathan Ensmenger Associate Professor of Informatics School of Informatics and Computing Indiana University, Bloomington homes.soic.indiana.edu/nensmeng/
On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:25 AM, McMillan, William W < william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu> wrote:
Greetings, SIGCIS.
I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class.
Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society.
Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks, Bill
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Another IP issue is hardware cloning. There were many Apple II clones and even some Macintosh clones -- some made with Apple's permission, others not. This continues today with the "Hackintosh" trend and, on the software side, the issue of jailbreaking and mobile app permissions.
On this issue, Honghong Tinn wrote an article on Taiwanese Apple cloning: Tinn, Honghong. 2011. “From DIY Computers to Illegal Copies: The Controversy over Tinkering with Microcomputers in Taiwan, 1980–1984.” IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 33 (2): 75–88. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2011.38.
On Oct 27, 2016, at 11:18 AM, Evan Koblentz <evan@snarc.net> wrote:
Another IP issue is hardware cloning. There were many Apple II clones and even some Macintosh clones -- some made with Apple's permission, others not. This continues today with the "Hackintosh" trend and, on the software side, the issue of jailbreaking and mobile app permissions.
Bill Gates’s “Open Letter to Hobbyists” (1976) re: software piracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists Eric ====================== Eric S. Hintz, Ph.D. Historian, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution MRC 604, P. O. Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012 WORK: 202-633-3734 CELL: 610-717-7134 FAX: 202-633-4593 hintze@si.edu<mailto:hintze@si.edu> http://invention.si.edu<http://invention.si.edu/> From: Members [mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org] On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 2:19 PM To: Hansen Hsu <hansnhsu@gmail.com>; McMillan, William W <william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu> Cc: Sigcis <members@sigcis.org> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing? Another IP issue is hardware cloning. There were many Apple II clones and even some Macintosh clones -- some made with Apple's permission, others not. This continues today with the "Hackintosh" trend and, on the software side, the issue of jailbreaking and mobile app permissions.
Along the lines of the work that Nathan Ensmenger recommends (humanist/sociology/rhetoric/history), I'd also suggest Gabriella Coleman's work on hacker's code and speech (particularly an article in Cultural Anthropology, "Code is Speech"). I have an article in Computational Culture on the metaphors used to describe code in the law, "Text, Speech, Machine": http://computationalculture.net/article/text-speech-machine-metaphors-for-co... . There's of course a huge body of work on this in law journals, particularly by Pamela Samuelson, Michael Madison, Greg Lastowka, Robert Merges, Mark Lemley, Julie Cohen, Dan Burk, and even a great write-up on copyright feasibility for computer programs by Justice Breyer in the Harvard Law Review in 1970. Annette Vee Assistant Professor of English University of Pittsburgh On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Evan Koblentz <evan@snarc.net> wrote:
Another IP issue is hardware cloning. There were many Apple II clones and even some Macintosh clones -- some made with Apple's permission, others not. This continues today with the "Hackintosh" trend and, on the software side, the issue of jailbreaking and mobile app permissions.
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Thanks so much, everyone! Extremely helpful... I look forward to many happy hours looking into these resources. - Bill ________________________________ From: Annette Vee [annettevee@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 2:31 PM To: Evan Koblentz Cc: Hansen Hsu; McMillan, William W; Sigcis Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing? Along the lines of the work that Nathan Ensmenger recommends (humanist/sociology/rhetoric/history), I'd also suggest Gabriella Coleman's work on hacker's code and speech (particularly an article in Cultural Anthropology, "Code is Speech"). I have an article in Computational Culture on the metaphors used to describe code in the law, "Text, Speech, Machine": http://computationalculture.net/article/text-speech-machine-metaphors-for-co... . There's of course a huge body of work on this in law journals, particularly by Pamela Samuelson, Michael Madison, Greg Lastowka, Robert Merges, Mark Lemley, Julie Cohen, Dan Burk, and even a great write-up on copyright feasibility for computer programs by Justice Breyer in the Harvard Law Review in 1970. Annette Vee Assistant Professor of English University of Pittsburgh On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Evan Koblentz <evan@snarc.net<mailto:evan@snarc.net>> wrote: Another IP issue is hardware cloning. There were many Apple II clones and even some Macintosh clones -- some made with Apple's permission, others not. This continues today with the "Hackintosh" trend and, on the software side, the issue of jailbreaking and mobile app permissions. _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<http://sigcis.org>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
Hi, It is perhaps more of a curiosity and I can't say there is much elaboration, but I noted in a blog post some time ago that the practice of putting fake entries or mistakes in reference works, maps and so on as a potential basis to identify and discourage copying was an issue in table making in the mid-twentieth century and this is now an issue for the various on-line map services that are being put together and guiding us around. http://www.ithistory.org/blog/its-trap -- Yours Truly, Allan Olley, PhD http://individual.utoronto.ca/fofound/ On Thu, 27 Oct 2016, McMillan, William W wrote:
Thanks so much, everyone! Extremely helpful... I look forward to many happy hours looking into these resources.
- Bill
________________________________ From: Annette Vee [annettevee@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 2:31 PM To: Evan Koblentz Cc: Hansen Hsu; McMillan, William W; Sigcis Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing?
Along the lines of the work that Nathan Ensmenger recommends (humanist/sociology/rhetoric/history), I'd also suggest Gabriella Coleman's work on hacker's code and speech (particularly an article in Cultural Anthropology, "Code is Speech"). I have an article in Computational Culture on the metaphors used to describe code in the law, "Text, Speech, Machine": http://computationalculture.net/article/text-speech-machine-metaphors-for-co... .
There's of course a huge body of work on this in law journals, particularly by Pamela Samuelson, Michael Madison, Greg Lastowka, Robert Merges, Mark Lemley, Julie Cohen, Dan Burk, and even a great write-up on copyright feasibility for computer programs by Justice Breyer in the Harvard Law Review in 1970.
Annette Vee Assistant Professor of English University of Pittsburgh
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Evan Koblentz <evan@snarc.net<mailto:evan@snarc.net>> wrote: Another IP issue is hardware cloning. There were many Apple II clones and even some Macintosh clones -- some made with Apple's permission, others not. This continues today with the "Hackintosh" trend and, on the software side, the issue of jailbreaking and mobile app permissions.
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This may be old news, but there was an effort by Calvin Mooers to control the IP of his “TRAC Language” (always written that way). That would have prevented anyone from modifying it w/o his permission. Prof. Bernie Galler wrote in the CACM [11 (March 1968), pp. 148-149] that it was “ill-advised” to do so, as it would stifle natural growth and evolution of the language. There is a letter in the Mooers papers at CBI from Bill Gates supporting his position. Ted Nelson was a big fan of TRAC language and sung praises for it in his _Computer Lib_, pp. 18-21. Paul Ceruzzi ceruzzip@si.edu<mailto:ceruzzip@si.edu> 202-633-2414 From: Members [mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org] On Behalf Of Hansen Hsu Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 1:47 PM To: McMillan, William W <william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu> Cc: Sigcis <members@sigcis.org> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing? +1, these are great articles. I’d like to add that Tom Haigh’s new book, ENIAC in Action, has sections discussing Honeywell vs Sperry Rand, the grandaddy of computing IP cases. (Summary on pp. 265-267) Also, Tom Misa has a book chapter which I recall argues that making the IP of the transistor widely available was crucial to the spread of the technology. (AT&T was required to do this as a regulated monopoly.) Misa, Thomas J. 1985. “Military Needs, Commercial Realities, and the Development of the Transistor, 1948-1958.” In Military Enterprise and Technological Change: Perspectives on the American Experience, edited by Merritt Roe Smith. Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press. Both are foundational pieces of intellectual property for the computer industry, which would have been greatly restricted without these IP being opened up. Although neither is a primary source, I’m sure you can find primary sources referenced in the footnotes. -Hansen On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Ensmenger, Nathan <nensmeng@indiana.edu<mailto:nensmeng@indiana.edu>> wrote: Bill — I will be very interested to follow the responses you receive to your question, which is interesting and complicated and very much still in development within the history of computing literature. Just a quick response of my own, however. In the past year the Annals of the History of Computing has published two pieces by Gerardo Con Diaz on intellectual property in software that I believe are going to open up the scholarship on this topic. They are: Gerardo Con Diaz, "Embodied Software: Patents and the History of Software Development, 1946-1970", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 37 no. 3, p. 8-19, July-Sept., 2015 https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2015/03/man2015030008-abs.html and Gerardo Con Diaz, "Contested Ontologies of Software: The Story of Gottschalk v. Benson, 1963-1972", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 38 no. 1, p. 23-33, Jan.-Mar., 2016 https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2016/01/man2016010023.html I also have a running list of IP related literature that I don’t have access to at the moment but will send along. In the meantime, there is one recent addition to this literature that, although it does not deal specifically with computing, does illustrate the value of incorporating legal history into the study of information technology more generally, and that is Beauchamp, Christopher. Invented by Law: Alexander Graham Bell and the Patent That Changed America, Harvard University Press, 2015. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674368064 -Nathan --- Nathan Ensmenger Associate Professor of Informatics School of Informatics and Computing Indiana University, Bloomington homes.soic.indiana.edu/nensmeng/ On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:25 AM, McMillan, William W <william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu<mailto:william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu>> wrote: Greetings, SIGCIS. I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class. Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society. Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome. 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Hi! I would suggest that the history of the Amazon one-click patent decision might be applicable. Although some have argued that this one-click checkout was obvious, Amazon obtained patent US 5960411 for the one-click checkout methodology in the US in 1999 (although ultimately not in Canada or Europe). The patent was obtained fairly early in the electronic commerce boomlet, and then other firms in the US were perhaps subsequently handicapped by its application, such as Barnes and Noble. It is said that they earn payments even today from Apple for their use of this patented approach. http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-federal-circuit/1453970.html AMAZON COM INC v. BARNESANDNOBLE COM INC LLC | FindLaw<http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-federal-circuit/1453970.html> caselaw.findlaw.com Case opinion for US Federal Circuit AMAZON COM INC v. BARNESANDNOBLE COM INC LLC. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw. Thanks the the always interesting posts. Best, Virginia / Virginia Franke Kleist, Ph.D. Professor, Management Information Systems MIS Department Chair MS Business Data Analytics Program Coordinator West Virginia University (304) 293-7939 office Virginia.kleist@mail.wvu.edu ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of McMillan, William W <william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 10:25 AM To: Sigcis Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing? Greetings, SIGCIS. I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class. Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society. Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks, Bill _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
I have missed it, but I don't think anyone mentioned: Casey O'Donnell, "Production Protection to Copy(right) Protection: From the 10NES to DVDs", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 31, no. , pp. 54-63, July-Sept. 2009, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2009.49 Henry From: Members [mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org] On Behalf Of Virginia Kleist Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 3:50 PM To: Sigcis <members@sigcis.org> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing? Hi! I would suggest that the history of the Amazon one-click patent decision might be applicable. Although some have argued that this one-click checkout was obvious, Amazon obtained patent US 5960411 for the one-click checkout methodology in the US in 1999 (although ultimately not in Canada or Europe). The patent was obtained fairly early in the electronic commerce boomlet, and then other firms in the US were perhaps subsequently handicapped by its application, such as Barnes and Noble. It is said that they earn payments even today from Apple for their use of this patented approach. http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-federal-circuit/1453970.html AMAZON COM INC v. BARNESANDNOBLE COM INC LLC | FindLaw<http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-federal-circuit/1453970.html> caselaw.findlaw.com Case opinion for US Federal Circuit AMAZON COM INC v. BARNESANDNOBLE COM INC LLC. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw. Thanks the the always interesting posts. Best, Virginia / Virginia Franke Kleist, Ph.D. Professor, Management Information Systems MIS Department Chair MS Business Data Analytics Program Coordinator West Virginia University (304) 293-7939 office Virginia.kleist@mail.wvu.edu<mailto:Virginia.kleist@mail.wvu.edu> ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org<mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org>> on behalf of McMillan, William W <william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu<mailto:william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu>> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 10:25 AM To: Sigcis Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing? Greetings, SIGCIS. I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class. Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society. Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks, Bill _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
Hello William, I'm writing a history of software patenting in the United States, so this message thread has made my day. You'll find very detailed bibliographical data on IP and software in the footnotes to the two articles of mine that Nathan mentioned in an earlier email. A third article called "The Text in the Machine" has an actual bibliography that may interest you. It's coming out in this month's issue of Technology and Culture. *Additional Historical Scholarship* Martin Campbell Kelly's article, "Not All Bad" Chris Kelty's essay, "Inventing Copyleft," in the edited volume "Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property" (ed. Biagioli et al) Kevin Driscoll's article, "Professional Work for Nothing," on the Gates open letter that Eric mentioned *Legal scholarship* Pamela Samuelson's essay, "The Strange Trajectory of Software as an Intellectual property," in the edited volume "Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property) (ed. Biagioli et al) Andrea Bonaccorsi's article, "From Protecting Texts to Protecting Objects in Biotechnology and Software" Maureen O'Rourke's article, "The Story of Diamond v. Diehr," in the edited volume IP Stories (ed. Ginsburg et al) James Bessen's article, "A Generation of Software Patents" *Classroom resources* The Oyez project (oyez.org) has audio recording of arguments delivered at the Supreme Court. The arguments for Gottschalk v. Benson and Diamond v. Diehr would be good material for a class discussion. A database called "The Making of Modern Law" ( http://www.gale.com/moml-us-supreme-court-records-and-briefs/) has briefs for the cases filed at the Supreme Court. If your students are interested in seeing what companies today think about software patents, you can direct them to the SCOTUSBlog's coverage of Alice v. CLS. ( http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/alice-corporation-pty-ltd-v-cls-b...) They'll find there briefs filed by companies such as Google, Netflix, and so on. Best, Con On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Henry E Lowood <lowood@stanford.edu> wrote:
I have missed it, but I don’t think anyone mentioned:
Casey O'Donnell, "Production Protection to Copy(right) Protection: From the 10NES to DVDs", *IEEE Annals of the History of Computing*, vol. 31, no. , pp. 54-63, July-Sept. 2009, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2009.49
Henry
*From:* Members [mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org] *On Behalf Of *Virginia Kleist *Sent:* Thursday, October 27, 2016 3:50 PM *To:* Sigcis <members@sigcis.org> *Subject:* Re: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing?
Hi!
I would suggest that the history of the Amazon one-click patent decision might be applicable. Although some have argued that this one-click checkout was obvious, Amazon obtained patent US 5960411 for the one-click checkout methodology in the US in 1999 (although ultimately not in Canada or Europe). The patent was obtained fairly early in the electronic commerce boomlet, and then other firms in the US were perhaps subsequently handicapped by its application, such as Barnes and Noble. It is said that they earn payments even today from Apple for their use of this patented approach.
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-federal-circuit/1453970.html <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__caselaw.findlaw.com_us-2Dfederal-2Dcircuit_1453970.html&d=CwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=-mYf2boSLi8mjGfKt9bDT4Q5NrHGAvjJYKeFJ9Q2wz0&m=8eJ-52Qv3WOASlLGyQS2G5zg9K8P21eXHmJgXZZSDDc&s=wdRlAmHtiLwcQLmL-TWWhJCsEtoHQsXFv41WUhobq_s&e=>
AMAZON COM INC v. BARNESANDNOBLE COM INC LLC | FindLaw <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__caselaw.findlaw.com_us-2Dfederal-2Dcircuit_1453970.html&d=CwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=-mYf2boSLi8mjGfKt9bDT4Q5NrHGAvjJYKeFJ9Q2wz0&m=8eJ-52Qv3WOASlLGyQS2G5zg9K8P21eXHmJgXZZSDDc&s=wdRlAmHtiLwcQLmL-TWWhJCsEtoHQsXFv41WUhobq_s&e=>
caselaw.findlaw.com
Case opinion for US Federal Circuit AMAZON COM INC v. BARNESANDNOBLE COM INC LLC. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.
Thanks the the always interesting posts. Best, Virginia
*/* *Virginia Franke Kleist, Ph.D.*
Professor, Management Information Systems
MIS Department Chair
MS Business Data Analytics Program Coordinator
West Virginia University
(304) 293-7939 office
Virginia.kleist@mail.wvu.edu
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Greetings, SIGCIS.
I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class.
Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society.
Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks, Bill
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-- *Gerardo Con Diaz* Assistant Professor Science and Technology Studies University of California, Davis www.condiaz.com
Hello William, I'm writing a history of software patenting in the United States, so this message thread has made my day. You'll find very detailed bibliographical data on IP and software in the footnotes to the two articles of mine that Nathan mentioned in an earlier email. A third article called "The Text in the Machine" has an actual bibliography that may interest you. It's coming out in this month's issue of Technology and Culture. *Additional Historical Scholarship* Martin Campbell Kelly's article, "Not All Bad" Chris Kelty's essay, "Inventing Copyleft," in the edited volume "Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property" (ed. Biagioli et al) Kevin Driscoll's article, "Professional Work for Nothing," on the Gates open letter that Eric mentioned *Legal scholarship* Pamela Samuelson's essay, "The Strange Trajectory of Software as an Intellectual property," in the edited volume "Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property) (ed. Biagioli et al) Andrea Bonaccorsi's article, "From Protecting Texts to Protecting Objects in Biotechnology and Software" Maureen O'Rourke's article, "The Story of Diamond v. Diehr," in the edited volume IP Stories (ed. Ginsburg et al) James Bessen's article, "A Generation of Software Patents" *Classroom resources* The Oyez project (oyez.org) has audio recording of arguments delivered at the Supreme Court. The arguments for Gottschalk v. Benson and Diamond v. Diehr would be good material for a class discussion. A database called "The Making of Modern Law" (http://www.gale.com/moml-us- supreme-court-records-and-briefs/) has briefs for the cases filed at the Supreme Court. If your students are interested in seeing what companies today think about software patents, you can direct them to the SCOTUSBlog's coverage of Alice v. CLS. (http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/alice- corporation-pty-ltd-v-cls-bank-international/) They'll find there briefs filed by companies such as Google, Netflix, and so on. Best, Con
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Henry E Lowood <lowood@stanford.edu> wrote:
I have missed it, but I don’t think anyone mentioned:
Casey O'Donnell, "Production Protection to Copy(right) Protection: From the 10NES to DVDs", *IEEE Annals of the History of Computing*, vol. 31, no. , pp. 54-63, July-Sept. 2009, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2009.49
Henry
*From:* Members [mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org] *On Behalf Of *Virginia Kleist *Sent:* Thursday, October 27, 2016 3:50 PM *To:* Sigcis <members@sigcis.org> *Subject:* Re: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing?
Hi!
I would suggest that the history of the Amazon one-click patent decision might be applicable. Although some have argued that this one-click checkout was obvious, Amazon obtained patent US 5960411 for the one-click checkout methodology in the US in 1999 (although ultimately not in Canada or Europe). The patent was obtained fairly early in the electronic commerce boomlet, and then other firms in the US were perhaps subsequently handicapped by its application, such as Barnes and Noble. It is said that they earn payments even today from Apple for their use of this patented approach.
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-federal-circuit/1453970.html <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__caselaw.findlaw.com_us-2Dfederal-2Dcircuit_1453970.html&d=CwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=-mYf2boSLi8mjGfKt9bDT4Q5NrHGAvjJYKeFJ9Q2wz0&m=8eJ-52Qv3WOASlLGyQS2G5zg9K8P21eXHmJgXZZSDDc&s=wdRlAmHtiLwcQLmL-TWWhJCsEtoHQsXFv41WUhobq_s&e=>
AMAZON COM INC v. BARNESANDNOBLE COM INC LLC | FindLaw <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__caselaw.findlaw.com_us-2Dfederal-2Dcircuit_1453970.html&d=CwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=-mYf2boSLi8mjGfKt9bDT4Q5NrHGAvjJYKeFJ9Q2wz0&m=8eJ-52Qv3WOASlLGyQS2G5zg9K8P21eXHmJgXZZSDDc&s=wdRlAmHtiLwcQLmL-TWWhJCsEtoHQsXFv41WUhobq_s&e=>
caselaw.findlaw.com
Case opinion for US Federal Circuit AMAZON COM INC v. BARNESANDNOBLE COM INC LLC. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.
Thanks the the always interesting posts. Best, Virginia
*/* *Virginia Franke Kleist, Ph.D.*
Professor, Management Information Systems
MIS Department Chair
MS Business Data Analytics Program Coordinator
West Virginia University
(304) 293-7939 office
Virginia.kleist@mail.wvu.edu
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Greetings, SIGCIS.
I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class.
Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society.
Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks, Bill
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-- *Gerardo Con Diaz* Assistant Professor Science and Technology Studies University of California, Davis www.condiaz.com
-- *Gerardo Con Diaz* Assistant Professor (Starting late June 2016) Science and Technology Studies University of California, Davis www.condiaz.com
Again, thanks for all the help, folks... appreciate the additions from Gerardo, Allan, Henry, Virginia. Obviously a very rich area to investigate! Bill ________________________________ From: Members [members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org] on behalf of Gerardo Con Diaz [condiaz@post.harvard.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:14 PM Cc: Sigcis Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing? Hello William, I'm writing a history of software patenting in the United States, so this message thread has made my day. You'll find very detailed bibliographical data on IP and software in the footnotes to the two articles of mine that Nathan mentioned in an earlier email. A third article called "The Text in the Machine" has an actual bibliography that may interest you. It's coming out in this month's issue of Technology and Culture. Additional Historical Scholarship Martin Campbell Kelly's article, "Not All Bad" Chris Kelty's essay, "Inventing Copyleft," in the edited volume "Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property" (ed. Biagioli et al) Kevin Driscoll's article, "Professional Work for Nothing," on the Gates open letter that Eric mentioned Legal scholarship Pamela Samuelson's essay, "The Strange Trajectory of Software as an Intellectual property," in the edited volume "Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property) (ed. Biagioli et al) Andrea Bonaccorsi's article, "From Protecting Texts to Protecting Objects in Biotechnology and Software" Maureen O'Rourke's article, "The Story of Diamond v. Diehr," in the edited volume IP Stories (ed. Ginsburg et al) James Bessen's article, "A Generation of Software Patents" Classroom resources The Oyez project (oyez.org<http://oyez.org>) has audio recording of arguments delivered at the Supreme Court. The arguments for Gottschalk v. Benson and Diamond v. Diehr would be good material for a class discussion. A database called "The Making of Modern Law" (http://www.gale.com/moml-us-supreme-court-records-and-briefs/) has briefs for the cases filed at the Supreme Court. If your students are interested in seeing what companies today think about software patents, you can direct them to the SCOTUSBlog's coverage of Alice v. CLS. (http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/alice-corporation-pty-ltd-v-cls-b...) They'll find there briefs filed by companies such as Google, Netflix, and so on. Best, Con On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Henry E Lowood <lowood@stanford.edu<mailto:lowood@stanford.edu>> wrote: I have missed it, but I don’t think anyone mentioned: Casey O'Donnell, "Production Protection to Copy(right) Protection: From the 10NES to DVDs", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 31, no. , pp. 54-63, July-Sept. 2009, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2009.49 Henry From: Members [mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org<mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org>] On Behalf Of Virginia Kleist Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 3:50 PM To: Sigcis <members@sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org>> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing? Hi! I would suggest that the history of the Amazon one-click patent decision might be applicable. Although some have argued that this one-click checkout was obvious, Amazon obtained patent US 5960411 for the one-click checkout methodology in the US in 1999 (although ultimately not in Canada or Europe). The patent was obtained fairly early in the electronic commerce boomlet, and then other firms in the US were perhaps subsequently handicapped by its application, such as Barnes and Noble. It is said that they earn payments even today from Apple for their use of this patented approach. http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-federal-circuit/1453970.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__caselaw.findlaw.com_us-2Dfederal-2Dcircuit_1453970.html&d=CwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=-mYf2boSLi8mjGfKt9bDT4Q5NrHGAvjJYKeFJ9Q2wz0&m=8eJ-52Qv3WOASlLGyQS2G5zg9K8P21eXHmJgXZZSDDc&s=wdRlAmHtiLwcQLmL-TWWhJCsEtoHQsXFv41WUhobq_s&e=> AMAZON COM INC v. BARNESANDNOBLE COM INC LLC | FindLaw<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__caselaw.findlaw.com_us-2Dfederal-2Dcircuit_1453970.html&d=CwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=-mYf2boSLi8mjGfKt9bDT4Q5NrHGAvjJYKeFJ9Q2wz0&m=8eJ-52Qv3WOASlLGyQS2G5zg9K8P21eXHmJgXZZSDDc&s=wdRlAmHtiLwcQLmL-TWWhJCsEtoHQsXFv41WUhobq_s&e=> caselaw.findlaw.com<http://caselaw.findlaw.com> Case opinion for US Federal Circuit AMAZON COM INC v. BARNESANDNOBLE COM INC LLC. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw. Thanks the the always interesting posts. Best, Virginia / Virginia Franke Kleist, Ph.D. Professor, Management Information Systems MIS Department Chair MS Business Data Analytics Program Coordinator West Virginia University (304) 293-7939<tel:%28304%29%20293-7939> office Virginia.kleist@mail.wvu.edu<mailto:Virginia.kleist@mail.wvu.edu> ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org<mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org>> on behalf of McMillan, William W <william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu<mailto:william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu>> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 10:25 AM To: Sigcis Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing? Greetings, SIGCIS. I'm looking for historical sources on the development of intellectual property principles and practices to use in a graduate computer science class. Of course, there is plenty of information on IP in IT and the history of IP in general, but I would like to find sources that tell a story across the development of computing in particular and relate it to other factors in technology and society. Also, any syllabus examples or suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks, Bill _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<http://sigcis.org>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. 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