[pp.int.general] Fwd: IP-Watch: Tough Talks On IP In Technology Paper At Copenhagen; No Mention In Latest Draft

[Richard Stallman]

    COPENHAGEN - A draft text on development and transfer of technology
    was subject to intense - and indeed heated - discussions during the
    first week of the high-level climate meeting in Copenhagen. But no
    intellectual property was mentioned in the latest draft text that was

Not mentioning "intellectual property" is effectively a prerequisite
for a good agreement.  If an international agreement uses that
terminology, that means it is starting from a horrible bias
and almost surely whatever it says will be bad.