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Wipout Essay Results

Posted by michael on from the a-for-effort dept.

chrestomanci writes "The Register is reporting on the results of a counter-essay contest run by wipout.net (an international organisation that seeks to limit the reach of the WIPO and intellectual property rights in general) against the WIPO's own essay contest, both with the title "What does intellectual property mean to you in your daily life?". A telling slogan reads: Today, the WTO pulled the trigger on another 2.500 poor AIDS victims."

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  1. The USA essay is good, by kiwipeso · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://www.wipout.net/essays/0216holt.htm
    This essay is pretty good, but suffers from some examples that aren't that interesting.

    Clearly the best is the Sri Lankan essay on medicines and Microsoft software license costs.
    http://www.wipout.net/essays/0314kumar.htm

    BTW, sorry about that FP stuff. CLearly we all suck...

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    - Kaos games and encryption systems developer
  2. Re:Today, the WTO pulled the trigger on another 2. by mcg1969 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What the general public calls "safe sex" is laughable. And thanks to our collective denial instict, the more honest term "safer sex" never caught on---not to mention the even better choices, "safer-but-not-totally-risk-free sex," or "safer-but-still-don't-complain-if-he-doesn't-call -you-afterwards sex".