Re: WIPO treaty
Jim Freeman (jfree@sovereign.org)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 02:21:40 -0600 (MDT)
> ... WIPO is pushing a worldwide intellectual property treaty, but the
> U.S. bill goes *far* beyond their treaty. U.S. software companies, music
> and video publishers, etc. all want to make absolutely certain that they can
> rape you on a "per play" basis without any loopholes that would let anyone
> so much as breathe without paying them royalties.
>
> *This* is why free software/open source is just a small piece of the entire
> intellectual property picture. The companies behind the
> WIPO-plus-the-kitchen-sink bill are the enemies of free software. They must
> be fought at every opportunity.
My favorite kinds of loopholes/weapons against efforts to
enslave "IP" are the kind emodied by Linux, the GPL, and
http://www.opencontent.org/
The thinking is so foreign to "them" that "they" just don't
get it, and dismiss it out of hand. Then things like the
burgeoning success of Linux happen, and "they" get even more
confused ... :-)
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