By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026Because process knowledge *can't* be bought or sold, can't be reflected on a balance-sheet, and can't be controlled, and because "IP" *can*. 23/ 3275
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026Process knowledge is more important than "IP" (just try creating a vaccine from a set of instructions *without* the skilled technicians who have already spent years executing similar projects), but process knowledge is spread out amongst workers and *can't* be abstracted away by their bosses. 24/ 2246
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026Your boss can make you sign a contract assigning all your copyrights and patents to the business, but if you and your team quit your job, all that "IP" will plummet in value without the people who know how to *mobilize* it: pluralistic.net/2025/09/08/p... 25/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Fingerspitzengefühl (08 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1162
Ian McCullough @imccullough.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Reminds me of when Activision bought the Guitar Hero IP but didn‘t buy the developer, who then created Rock Band. Oops 0151
