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

[Reinier Bakels]

>    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.

W8 a minute! RMS may like that the term "IP" is avoided - but the reason is 
a very different one: the Climate people just hide the truth. Critics argue 
that the entire Climate problem is just a giant marketing effort to sell 
technology - but the originators only benefit if the related subsidies to 
the developing world flow directly back into the pockets of the (American) 
shareholders: BY MEANS OF PATENTS!

reinier