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We are the west, we are the IP (ZDNet)
ZDNet
covers the work of an international group, The Commission on Intellectual Property Rights.
"A distinguished group of academics, government representatives and businesspeople this week came out with a set of recommendations which, if taken seriously by governments around the world, could have a drastic effect on the software industry.
The proposals, by the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, would also have a drastic effect on the lives of millions of people in the developing world. All areas of intellectual property are addressed in the Commission's report--including health, as well as agricultural and genetic resources and traditional knowledge."
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We are the west, we are the IP (ZDNet)
Posted Sep 24, 2002 20:25 UTC (Tue) by beejaybee (guest, #1581) [Link]
The ZDnet article is very encouraging to those of us who believe in free (as in spirit) software. Where can I get an "official" copy of the reccomendations? How can we encourage governments to take notice of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights? And, just out of interest, who commissioned the Commission and its reccomendations?
We are the west, we are the IP (ZDNet)
Posted Sep 24, 2002 21:15 UTC (Tue) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]
"Where can I get an 'official' copy of the recommendations?"See last week's LWN Weekly Edition; we covered the report and provided pointers to the full text.