We could summarize your analysis by saying that high income countries exert more effort to extract rents than innovating better and more diverse products.
Innovation is harder to pursue while seeking rents.
Is this a self-solving problem? Ie., China et al will continue to liberate intellectual property as needed by paying an 11 year old to deconstruct the software, or what have you?
Do Durand and Millberg cite the amount of money tech lobbyists contribute to political campaigns in the U.S., and other direct forms of using their billions to propagate intellectual protection law?
Ah, found a pdf link, thank you for the reference.
(Evangelical Christians among others preaching yellow peril for children online are the most assiduous trackers of IT lobbying. Their facts may be, uh, friable.
We could summarize your analysis by saying that high income countries exert more effort to extract rents than innovating better and more diverse products.
Innovation is harder to pursue while seeking rents.
Is this a self-solving problem? Ie., China et al will continue to liberate intellectual property as needed by paying an 11 year old to deconstruct the software, or what have you?
Do Durand and Millberg cite the amount of money tech lobbyists contribute to political campaigns in the U.S., and other direct forms of using their billions to propagate intellectual protection law?
Ah, found a pdf link, thank you for the reference.
https://hal.science/hal-01850438/document
(Evangelical Christians among others preaching yellow peril for children online are the most assiduous trackers of IT lobbying. Their facts may be, uh, friable.
https://issueone.org/articles/big-tech-ramps-up-lobbying-as-industry-seeks-to-thwart-legislation-to-protect-kids-online/#:~:text=TechNet%20%E2%80%94%20a%20trade%20association%20formed,in%20the%20third%20quarter%20alone.)
Axios may be more reliable a source, using U.S. Senate figures:
https://archive.ph/ApWke
It doesn't seem like a huge amount to me, Meta coming in 8th on a list of big lobby spenders.
https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-spenders
But the amount spent on patents or IP lobbying is not broken out.
Tech bosses spent $394M on political contributions in 2024, compared to $85M in lobbying (see Axios link above).
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/07/campaign-spending-crypto-tech-influence
I guess if you own their souls, lock stock and barrel, you don't need to spend as much money lobbying them to vote for your preferred legislation.
Found a free pdf link for Durand/Millberg, thank you for the reference.
https://hal.science/hal-01850438/document