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Pam is a Board Member of the Open Source Initiative and the principal of Chestek Legal in Raleigh, North Carolina. She works with creative communities, giving practical legal advice on branding, marketing, and protecting and sharing content. Pam has authored several scholarly articles, has a legal blog at Property, Intangible, and was formerly an adjunct professor at Western New England College School of Law.
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Interesting thoughts. I agree that some of these practices are harming competitiveness, taking time, attention and money away from the business at hand. I'm all in favor of the exploration of different legal strategies that might help rein in this parasitic behavior.
One barrier to collaboration is worrying that if someone has a better idea it means you're not smart, competent, skilled, etc. An atmosphere where everyone, top to bottom, is allowed to be wrong and have a lot of bad ideas is huge.