The New York Times on Hypocrisy of US IP Policies

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. "

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This is not a troll... Really i swear!!!

[phunhippy]

La de da... so we did in the past what we don't want people to do now.. and ya know somthing.. if 100 or more years ago we had instant communications like we do now, we probably would not have been able to get away with it.. but we did..

So do you really think that matters to the Democrats & Republicans that the we the american people elect to represent us and our global corporate interests?

Come on...

The best post ever

[i_luv_linux]

I think this post was one of the best posts I have ever seen on Slashdot, very informative and insightfull.

Stop condemning slavery!

[Anonymous Coward]

How dare the United States condemn slavery and the exploitation of immigrants, when it was such a large part of the foundation of our country!

Re:Why does it take AIDS to let go?

[Inda]

...And on top of that people are starving right now, so AIDS-deaths are only really starting to impact right now. These people do not have the money to pay IP cost on top of the manufacturing cost of a drug - and usually IP is 95% of that. This huge tragedy prompted the scrapping of IP on those products.

I would like to know why these hard working countries do not have the money to pay for these products. Is it because they like to spend their money on war rather than education, food and hospitals?

They have gotten into this mess through their own means. If they want to be part of the modern world then they have to get their act together first.

Enough of the handouts, I say.