tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post565541116373346366..comments2024-03-02T02:30:58.261-08:00Comments on Fresh angle: Around the World in Five MinutesOluchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07688698198937659375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post-44154869097996993002012-01-19T14:41:07.744-08:002012-01-19T14:41:07.744-08:00Wow, Dlaw. I wrote the news story but I did not re...Wow, Dlaw. I wrote the news story but I did not realise its gravity. You have brought home to me the implications of what could happen if the two bills were passed. Thank you so much for the enlightenment. I appreciate ur comments.Oluchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688698198937659375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post-31805008483148595412012-01-19T14:36:41.167-08:002012-01-19T14:36:41.167-08:00Wouldn't you think that the world's busine...Wouldn't you think that the world's business moguls have made enough from fleecing every day citizens? Do they want to re-institute slavery by keeping us in perpetual ignorance?<br />Keep up the defence Wiki, bloggers like me support such 'Fresh-Angles' to the intellectual property argumentsDLawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post-30867891505339024892012-01-19T14:34:39.633-08:002012-01-19T14:34:39.633-08:00Just to say a quick well done to Wikipedia for not...Just to say a quick well done to Wikipedia for not getting caught up in the spirit of commercialism that is eating away at virtually everything in our society.<br />'Stop Online Piracy' and 'Protect Intellectual Property', two innocent sounding phrases. But the best way of putting across the possible impacts of such Acts if passed is by giving examples of what similar laws have been used to do recently:<br />The World Trade Organisation has a similar regulation, The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of 1994.<br />Under TRIPS, local farmers have been prevented from farming the seed left from last year's produce. Why? Because an interntional company had the patent on the product that they were not even aware of.<br />Under TRIPS South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe were all initially prevented from buying cheaper generic versions of HIV/AIDS drugs for their citizens, even though they could not afford the more expensive version. Why? The more expensive version had the patent (ie the intellectual property right), thus you had to buy it as a country whether you could afford it or not.<br />Under this new legislation you can no longer simply 'google' to get the information that you need online. Why? You've got it, because all that information will be copyright protected. So you must pay even to learn!DLawnoreply@blogger.com