[Gnu-darwin-distribution] [Ip-health] GNU-Darwin: current best recommendation

[proclus@gnu-darwin.org]

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On  1 Mar, Jeffrey A. Williams wrote:
> Michael and all,
>
>   I couldn't agree more!  Problem is that the prescription drug
> lobby is a powerful one and has many senators and congressmen
> in their pocket, and as a result curtailing the desires of this lobbying
> group is very difficult.  As a result far to often we as consumers
> become mear suckers for the taking and ever spiraling drug
> and health costs by such lobby groups.

Correct.  That is why we need forums like these, in order to coordinate
efforts such as Doha and direct communications with the congress.
Money talks, but a large mass of people talks louder.

We can also use this power to speak directly to the corporations, which
can sometimes be shamed into good behavior beyond the requirements of
the law.

Regards,
proclus
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/


> proclus@gnu-darwin.org wrote:
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>> My message to the congressmen follows.
>>
>> WIPO, development, and public health
>>
>> I am writing in support of Senate Resolution 241 and House Resolution
>> 525.  We need ways to insure that the power of the patent is not used
>> against the public interest in people's well being.  When development
>> and public health interests conflict with corporate interests, then
>> policy should reflect an ethic where the public interest trumps.  We are
>> not talking about a problem about which company profits by how much,
>> which pales beside the life and death issues of access to medicine.  It
>> is clear where our priority should be.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Michael L. Love Ph.D
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>> Michael L. Love Ph.D
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>> School of Medicine
>> Johns Hopkins University
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