EU Parliament restricts criminal-law sanctions for IP violations
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| Despite the restrictions the Free Software Foundation remains uneasy
| about the possible effects of the planned directive, which mandates
| substantial fines and/or prison terms for infringements of
| intellectual property rights -- in parliament the MEPs had
| railed above all against counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/88908/from/rss09
Lawmakers propose reversal of Net radio fee increases
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| A bill introduced in Congress Thursday aims to overturn a
| controversial royalty fee increase that Internet radio advocates
| say threatens to cripple their services.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6179627.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Related:
Patents Over Patients
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| Potential anticancer drugs should be judged on their scientific merit,
| not on their patentability.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/opinion/01moss.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Open Source Pharmaceuticals - New Business Model
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| "Open source" as applied to culture defines a culture in which
| intellectual property is made generally available. Participants
| in such a culture are able to improve and modify those products
| and redistribute them back into the community.
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http://www.farmavita.net/content/view/336/51/
Thailand fed up with high drug prices - minister
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| "We have thought about this for more than five years. It's long enough,"
| said Mongkol na Songkhla, who is leading one of the biggest challenges to
| Big Pharma's patent rights in years.
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/19/worldupdates/2007-02-19T014311Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-288239-1&sec=worldupdates
Biology Goes Open Source
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| Some of the world's biggest drug companies are finding that
| their genetic research is worth more to them if they give it away.
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http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/02/12/novartis-genes-diabetes-research-biz-cz_mh_0212novartis.html?partner=rss
http://tinyurl.com/2vqssl
Free Software Helps Hospitals Prepare for Mass Casualties
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| Johns Hopkins emergency medicine specialists have developed a tool to help
| hospitals prepare for disasters with the potential to overwhelm services.
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http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2007/19mar07/19casual.html
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