Re: March 26 meeting on Compulsory Licensing

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

I think the formation of some type of International coalition on this will be a
good thing, and maybe there will be an opportunity for NGOs to write up some
type of statement for sign-ons, with some specific "what you can do" elements. 
This issue is very important, and we should be able to accomplish a lot right
now, particularly given the interest in the global crisis for AIDS and other
infectious diseases.  I will be posting more information about this topic.

On a somewhat related front, there is a grass root effort to support the so
called Sanders bill (hr 626) on government funded medical research.  A FAQ about
this bill is on the web at:

http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/econ/rp-faq.html


  The group coordinating the grass roots effort is Beth Daley, at a group called
Pogo (http://www.pogo.org).  Beth can be reached by email at beth@pogo.org.  

 Jamie



Richard Stallman wrote:
> 
>     As indicated earlier on ip-health, CPT, MSF and HAI are
>     organizing a meeting on compulsory licensing of essential
>     medicines for March 26, 1999 in Geneva.
> 
> Is there an organization that we can join, to help support this cause,
> if we don't have time to be activists for it?

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James Love, Consumer Project on Technology
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