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

[Brian McNeil]

On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 21:50 +0100, Reinier Bakels wrote:
> >    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!

Which, to those who favour the term, *is* just one aspect of IP.


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