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The New York Times on Hypocrisy of US IP Policies

Posted by chrisd on from the mmmm-pot-calling-the-kettle-corn dept.

jwinterboy writes " The New York Times has an article (free blah di blah) criticizing the intellectual property framework that the U.S. places on developing countries, given that it was a large pirate of intellectual property during it's own industrialization. "

11 of 251 comments (clear)

  1. Post Frosties! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Yummy in my tummy!
      • WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWW

        geez.

        Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
        Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

  2. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    he he he he yeah!!

  3. FP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Doo daa, doo daa.

  4. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the hell. Right?

  5. Hypocrisy? I Agree, but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Which is better:
    a)Free blah di blah?

    OR...

    b)Sex with a mare

  6. OFFTOPIC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We're discussing IP here, not terrorism, take your leftist claptrap elsewhere.

    if the moderation system is doing it's job right, this will be modded down to -1.

  7. Re:Broader Theme of Colonialism (OT) by Uri · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...but there has always been a good historical president for it:

    Not a grammar nazi, just for those who are interested: (I always thought the president/precedent mix-up was an odd one for slashdot, because a similar distinction exists in most other European languages)

    • president/président/Präsident/daitouryou: one appointed or elected to preside.
    • precedent/précédent/Präzedenzfall/senrei: a preceding instance used as an example for subsequent cases.
  8. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    did you read his whole post? broadening the discussion is != offtopic

  9. Who gives a fuck about income equality? by Convergence · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Because I certainly don't.. What matters to people isn't how how envious of the rich they can be, but their standard of living.

    I'd rather live in a country where I make $20k/year, and the richest person makes 100,000x as much as that, than live in a country where I make $10k/year, and the richest person makes 10x that.

    You might rather be poorer, but I don't.

    Sure, throw in some adjustment on prices based on, say, median income... But basing *ANY* social policy on envy (which is what is occuring if people complain about 'income inequality' between the rich and poor) is STUPID and NONPRODUCTIVE.

    Are people better off in, say, India, where the median income is $2500, with the lowest 10% of households consuming 3.5% of total GNP? Or the US, where its $36000 and 1.8%? [numbers from CIA world factbook 2002 edition]

  10. "it's", again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is anyone else tired of seeing it's spelled wrong on these posts? /.-ers spell it's incorrectly with great frequency. Makes me wonder about the /. population as a whole -- I know that being syntactically correct/paying attention to detail is necessary for many technical disciplines, and I believe that many /.-ers come from these fields, but oddly all this is left behind when it comes to the English language. Why can't we spell?

  11. Blah di blah? by ichimunki · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now I like to consider myself moderately intelligent, well-read, and decently informed, but what, exactly, is a free "blah di blah"? And is that free as in speech or free as in beer?

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