As a general rule, I'm a fan of intellectual property rights, so that inventors and creators can be sure to get fair compensation for their works, but I'm not a fan of locking up the IP, making it impossible for people to use.
The idea that an artist got "an exclusive right" to "the blackest black" is just absurd. I have to imagine it was as much publicity stunt by the creators of Vantablack as it was anything else.
I applaud Stuart Semple for thumbing his nose back the Vantablack people by saying "your pet artist can't have my pinkest pink."
The root IP lockup is very silly, so the resultant "IP war" is absolutely silly.
Plus, it's kind of a gorgeous shade of pink. For a few bucks, I might buy myself some and see if I can finger paint with it :-)
The idea that an artist got "an exclusive right" to "the blackest black" is just absurd. I have to imagine it was as much publicity stunt by the creators of Vantablack as it was anything else.
I applaud Stuart Semple for thumbing his nose back the Vantablack people by saying "your pet artist can't have my pinkest pink."
The root IP lockup is very silly, so the resultant "IP war" is absolutely silly.
Plus, it's kind of a gorgeous shade of pink. For a few bucks, I might buy myself some and see if I can finger paint with it :-)
Tangentially, here is a really good primer on Intellectual Property.
And finally, yeah, being allowed to play with the Pinkest Pink doesn't exactly make me special - it just makes me not Anish Kapoor, but "I'm not Anish Kapoor" was a lousy title for the blog post, so I went with something as silly and splashy as this whole story.
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