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Even slaves were considered property: South African Minister
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| It is good to remember this at a time when
| organizations aim to justify the
| privatization of knowledge and ideas under
| the guise that this is essential for
| promoting innovation.
|
| In the area of software patents, this is
| nothing but a land grab, a conversion of
| was in the commons into a private
| enclosure.
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http://osindia.blogspot.com/2009/10/even-slaves-were-considered-property.html
Turn Around the WTO!
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| Ten years ago, citizen activists shut down
| the World Trade Organization (WTO)
| ministerial in Seattle to protest the
| devastating impact of the WTO's corporate
| globalization agenda on our jobs, wages and
| the environment. Now, big corporations are
| back at it, again pushing an expansion of
| the WTO's power.
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http://www.wtoturnaround.org/
Amazon Refuses To Give In; Appeals One-Click Patent Rejection In Canada
http://techdirt.com/articles/20091023/1847116662.shtml
Amazon appeals rejection of its "One Click" patent
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=075bab6f-ee9d-4e7f-96e3-897497cd7fff&utm_source=Lexology%20Daily%20Newsfeed&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Lexology%20subscriber%20daily%20feed&utm_content=Lexology%20Daily%20Newsfeed%202009-10-22&utm_term=
Recent:
Microsoft accused of 'ulterior motive' in Linux patent sale
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| Does the troll-blocking organization that recently
| secured a set of supposedly Linux-related patents from
| Microsoft need sizing for a penguin-shaped tinfoil hat?
| Or was the IP sale really Redmond's secret scheme to
| "create fear, uncertainty, and doubt" in the open-
| source community?
|
| On Monday, at LinuxCon in Portland, Oregon, Open
| Invention Network chief executive Keith Bergelt had
| more harsh words for Microsoft over Redmond's allegedly
| sinister sale. Apparently, Microsoft shopped its
| patents to several firms, including some notorious
| patent trolls, and it didn't offer them to OIN.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/09/22/linuxcon_2009_oin/
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