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Intellectual Property Rights: The Quiet Killer of Rio+20
ericjones12398 writes "Richard Phillips, president of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, sent a powerful message to Washington the day before the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development regarding the U.S. intellectual property community's stance on sharing IPR with developing nations. Philips argued any language included in the Rio+20 final declaration compromising the existing IP regime would discourage investment and destroy trade secrets. 'Any references to technology transfer should be clearly qualified and conditioned to include only voluntary transfer of IPR on mutually agreed terms.' The IPO has no interest in helping developing countries transition to a more sustainable economy if it means sacrificing valuable IPR. And the IPO's chilly message set the tone for what many pundits and participants considered a disappointing Rio+20 conference yielding few substantive results."
the expected business model of the have-nots is to steal and cheat their way into international economic solidity?
that's not fair! -- you're copying Wall Street bankers! quit it!
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
They make more money than me. Therefore, they are too rich and their wealth should be re-distributed, preferably to groups that include me.
This sounds so much like the slogan of the "Rio+20 Summit", your post should probably be modded Redundant.
"Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic it has to be us."
--- Jerry Garcia