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India Quietly Introduces Software Patents
bain_online writes " The Business-Standard of India reports: The Cabinet is expected to clear the promulgation of an Ordinance for the introduction of a product patents regime, which will also cover embedded software and hardware, next Wednesday.
There are other news sites reporting the same. Unfortunately, the majority of the Indian people are not the least bit concerned, resulting in very low coverage for this important development."
Especially in third-world countries. We're outsourcing jobs there and not to Canada or Britain for a reason, which often seems to be forgotten. India and the US are not equivalent. Consider just for a second the political turmoil and goings-on in the USA, a first-world nation, before you comprehend that India is barely even a democracy. It's often on the brink of dictatorship, like its neighbor Pakistan.
The upshot of this is that the populace are unconcerned with patent laws not because of first-worldesque apathy, but rather because the majority of the population has more important things to worry about, starting with basic survival. The fact that their political opinions ultimately don't matter is just icing on that cake, to use a horribly inappropriate pun.
absolutely nothing
did you forget to take your meds?
they just work on subcontracted out crap from rich countries - they are not an innovator or the "waking economic powerhouse" we keep hearing about (nor is China).
The Indian government recognizes this and embraces it - the elite in India are much better served by perpetuating the "neo-colonial" status of the country than by creating a modern open and competitive economy.
On behalf of a very small economic elite, the government has acted to serve the interests of rich countries and the extreme minority of rich Indians. They do this instead of serving the general interests of their own country.