[Upd-discuss] Re: Copyright impact in Developing Countries

[Andrius Kulikauskas]

Richard Stallman, Michael Hart,

Thank you for replying to Maria Agnese Giraudo's statement.  She has 
also replied (and I CC her) and she sticks to the word "property".  But 
we have already succeeded in having a debate! and with patriots of the 
Public Domain at that.  Thank you!

I invite you to join our Ning site at http://www.ethicalpublicdomain.org 
and also there will be video streaming at http://www.internettv.lt and 
online chat at http://www.worknets.org/chat/  on Monday, March 31 
starting at 8:00 am London time which I think will be midnight Calfornia 
time (!)

Richard, I hope you might contribute a statement, that would be fantastic!

Andrius Kulikauskas, Minciu Sodas, http://www.ms.lt, ms@ms.lt


Maria Agnese Giraudo wrote:
>
> Dear Richard and all,
>
> at first, my  little  contribution is not an article but a  mix of 
> ideas , mostly  cited and derived from the  literature  in the field. 
> Related to  IPR  concept  I agree with you that  it is not a "neutral 
> concept" ,  we all know that   nouns are powerful means of  shaping  
> the world. I read  with great interest your comment,  ironic too on 
> IRP. I consider irony a divine gift, so welcome! I still maintain this 
> concept because it explains precisely  that  all issues of 
> international agreement is about "propriety"  and this is the  core 
> issue of almost everything (unfortunately! )and is related to 
> copyright, patents, trademarks! 
>
> The definition of  developing countries it totally inadequate for 
> countries so different dimension, economical and social development 
> and so on… Some author makes a distinction between big countries and 
> small and poor countries…We have as well to consider digital divide 
>  between urban and rural areas in side a country. Perhaps it's time to 
>  consider  with more attention  digital divide in Europe and USA.
>
> All the 
> best!                                                                                                
> Maria Agnese Giraudo
>
>


I'm afraid Mr. Stallman sometimes sounds like a broken record,
however I am on his side in the main.

Hence the following:

I would suggest the comment about "protection" at the end will
be improved with the word "monopoly" or "limited monopoly" and
perhaps a reference to extensions.

If Mr. Stallman were totally serious about his suggestions, he
might actually SEND his suggested revised essay to the author,
in the hopes of getting some actual outside media coverage.

Hoping to be thanking you soon for your time and consideration,

Michael S. Hart
Founder, 1971
Project Gutenberg
> 2008/3/27, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org <mailto:rms@gnu.org>>:
>
>     It is a grave mistake to use the term "intellectual property",
>     because doing so lumps together unrelated laws.
>
>     Patent law and copyright law are almost completely different, and
>     should be treated as two separate topics.  Trademark law is totally
>     different from those two, and should be treated as a separate topic.
>     To lump these topics together is a recipe for confusion.
>
>     Ms Giraudo's article is about copyright law -- plus one paragraph
>     about patent law which doesn't relate to the rest.  Aside from that
>     paragraph, it makes sense as an article about copyright.  But every
>     time it uses the term "intellectual property", it lumps in other
>     unrelated laws and mixes up unrelated topics.
>
>     Replacing the term "intellectual property" with "copyright", and
>     deleting the one extra paragraph, would make the article coherent.
>
>     See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html for more explanation.
>
>
>     "Protection" is also a propaganda term in the context of copyright --
>     see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html for explanation.
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