WIPO Copyright Treaty in March of 2002 is good thing in general. It would discourage piracy in other countries. But we have to understand that this treaty is a double-edged sword. Companies like Microsoft already offer highly priced software and if they expect the poor nations to pay what is sometimes worth a year's salary, I don't think the treaty will be effective. It will at the very least make the offenders feel slightly guilty than before. Even though we are moving towards the copyright age, we are also closing the doors for innovation in a why by putting too much restriction on the community that they cannot follow Treaty easily.
People have always been able to get quality information through newspapers, magazines, etc.
The advantage of Net is that it is easily accessible, cheaper and can be viewed at any place and any time.
Net is truly a place to test new ideas, and Net also has a socialistic side to it. If it weren't for the socialistic side of myself, yourself and the rest of the world, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Maybe we wouldn't even have the Internet if we didn't have our socialistic side.
A lot of socialism and communism arise from America. The GNU, Linux, Apache etc..are all a result of such work!!
I would like to stop with a question!!
Is the capitalistic America with all its freedom and individualism turning into a Communistic and Socialistic society? If so is it good?
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WIPO Copyright Treaty in March of 2002 is good thing in general. It would discourage piracy in other countries. But we have to understand that this treaty is a double-edged sword. Companies like Microsoft already offer highly priced software and if they expect the poor nations to pay what is sometimes worth a year's salary, I don't think the treaty will be effective. It will at the very least make the offenders feel slightly guilty than before. Even though we are moving towards the copyright age, we are also closing the doors for innovation in a why by putting too much restriction on the community that they cannot follow Treaty easily.
People have always been able to get quality information through newspapers, magazines, etc.
The advantage of Net is that it is easily accessible, cheaper and can be viewed at any place and any time.
Net is truly a place to test new ideas, and Net also has a socialistic side to it. If it weren't for the socialistic side of myself, yourself and the rest of the world, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Maybe we wouldn't even have the Internet if we didn't have our socialistic side.
A lot of socialism and communism arise from America. The GNU, Linux, Apache etc..are all a result of such work!!
I would like to stop with a question!!
Is the capitalistic America with all its freedom and individualism turning into a Communistic and Socialistic society? If so is it good?