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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. Interesting story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Slashdot can't get any worse than this......

  2. Re:How many? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    > > Today, the WTO pulled the trigger on another 2.500 poor AIDS victims.

    > Besides, what's another two and a half people, in the grand scheme of things?

    You do realize that in European countries, the comma and period are not used the same as in the U.S., right?