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LANCOR v. OLPC Case Continues In Nigerian Court

Posted by timothy on from the get-your-passport-and-account-numbers dept.

drewmoney writes "According to an article on Groklaw: It's begun in a Nigerian court. LANCOR has actually done it. Guess what the Nigerian keyboard makers want from the One Laptop Per Child charitable organization trying to make the world a better place? $20 million dollars in 'damages,' and an injunction blocking OLPC from distribution in Nigeria."

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  1. No Reason to Pity by jmasterhook · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm not a big fan of IP, but you don't get special privileges to infringe on it just because you're a NPO trying to "make the world a better place."

  2. Die OLPC, Die. by likerice · · Score: 0, Troll

    The OLPC is a solution in desperate need of a problem. Here's a a problem for Negroponte: IP infringement. Heaven forbid that businesses in the developing world be allowed to develop on their own merits. Much better to force them into a dependency relationship with the West by selling back to them their own stolen innovations.

  3. MOD PARENT UP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Admire the beauty of simplicity! Well done!

    Also, fuck nigeria and all nigerians!