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[News] Copyright Laws and Patent Laws Hijacked by Suppressors

  • Subject: [News] Copyright Laws and Patent Laws Hijacked by Suppressors
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:36:43 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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US Trade Rep serves drug companies, publishers and pushes anti-consumer agenda

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| Today the Senate Finance Committee will hold a 
| hearing on the 2010 Trade Agenda. The single 
| witness is Ambassador Ron Kirk, the United 
| States Trade Representative. (The agency Kirk 
| runs is known by the same name -- USTR for 
| short.) This is a busy week. A few blocks 
| away, at the International Trade Commission 
| (ITC), USTR is holding a day long hearing on 
| something called the Special 301 list -- which 
| is a program to pressure trading partners on 
| intellectual property rights. On Monday, in 
| Geneva, the USTR blocked a request by 
| developing countries to hold a workshop at the 
| World Trade Organization (WTO) on access to 
| patented medicine. The USTR is also doing 
| damage control to defend a controversial new 
| trade agreement on the enforcement of 
| intellectual property rights that is being 
| negotiated in secret, and trying to block a 
| new treaty at the World Intellectual Property 
| Organization (WIPO) for persons who are blind 
| or have other disabilities.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/us-trade-rep-serves-drug_b_483627.html


Recent:

Giving Up On Patents

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| Not so many years ago, even as I was filled
| with fear and loathing of the hideous
| misconduct of the US Patent & Trademark
| Office, I retained some respect for the
| notion of patents. I even wrote what I
| think is an unusually easy-to-read
| introduction to Patent Theory. But no more.
| The whole thing is too broken to be fixed.
| Maybe it worked once, but it doesnât any
| more. The patent system needs to be torn
| down and thrown out.
|
| [...]
|
| And here are a few words for the huge
| community of legal professionals who make
| their living pursuing patent law: Youâre
| actively damaging society. Look in the
| mirror and find something better to do.
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http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/02/22/Patent-Fail
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