Can Our Patent System Support (or Survive) the DIY Movement?
Channel: New America
Date: 06/03/2012

Can Our Patent System Support (or Survive) the DIY Movement?

This is a video recording of the panel Can Our Patent System Support (or Survive) the DIY Movement? from the Future Tense event Tinkering With Tomorrow: Will the DIY Movement Craft the Future?

New technologies are making it easier than ever to turn an idea into a reality. 3D printers, open-source software, hackable products, and collaborative communities have turned traditional tinkering into a full-scale "maker movement" that allows -- and encourages -- everyone to tap into their inner entrepreneur. Can this movement usher in a new age of innovation? Will hackers have a profound impact on the economy? And if so, are we prepared for it?

Marvin Ammori @marvin_ammori 
Legal Fellow, New America Foundation

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits 
Technology Policy Contributor, ArsTechnica

Michael Weinberg @mweinbergPK
 Attorney, Public Knowledge

Moderator 
Sascha Meinrath @saschameinrath 
Director, Open Technology Initiative
New America Foundation

http://www.newamerica.net/events/2012/tinkering_with_tomorrow