Free markets for beans
Everyone knows Starbucks. Some of you might even know their strict copyright policy.
Here is a picture I took today in Santiago de Chile:
Everything from the interior to logo design is derived from the original - which interestingly has a shop on the same street just two hundred meters from this one. What can you say? In my opinion this is a creative way to increase competition and customer choice. Conservatives may talk about problems with intellectual property but I think they won’t ever win if we go and ask caffeine addicts like me.
