[Upd-discuss] You Can't Take the IP Out of iPod (Article)

[maitri venkat-ramani]

Comments on the article, in order of importance:

"Tougher Enforcement of IP Protections in Trade Agreements ... we need
to insist that countries increase their efforts to protect the
intellectual property rights of U.S. companies ... They must obey the
law."  Whose law?  Since when does the US make laws for the world?  Oh,
wait ... Is this a threat to countries that do not comply with a
globally-decreed information hierarchy?

I like how "investment" is nicely sandwiched between "creativity" and
"innovation" in this sentence: "Creativity, investment and innovation
all depend on the protection of IP."

"if Abraham Lincoln was still alive, he would have been there too." 
WTF?  He speaks for Lincoln now?  And, if Abe would have liked it, it
must be good.

"The ideology Stallman seems to warm to might be called
'cyber-socialism.'"  When you can't say something nice or stay quiet
about someone, always resort to the Red scare.

"According to Stallman's definition of freedom, I've got the right to
do that and hand them out free to people outside stores that sell CDs.
This might be a bonanza for the U2 fans passing by that day, but it
would trample on the intellectual property rights of the band and it
sure wouldn’t encourage U2 to create another CD anytime soon."  A straw
man that doesn't explain how this would infringe on IP rights and why
it would discourage U2.  

Written for people who read foxnews.com.  But, scary enough given that
today's tech professionals and congresspeople swallow this sort of
pretzel logic and pave the path for the enactment of bad policy.

Maitri


--- Sigmascape1@cs.com wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Here is a link to an article I read this morning. The article is
> written by Jim Prendergast of the Americans for Technology Leadership
> organization.
> 
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,143933,00.html
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mitch


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