On 12/5/06, Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In the early 21st century, the United States acts as the key global
enforcer of intellectual property rights — especially in emerging
markets like China and other Asian countries. But it wasn't always
this way. Doron Ben-Atar — author of "Trade Secrets" — examines a time
when it was the United States that relied heavily on copyright
infringements and outright economic espionage
One is also reminded of a certain media empire built on animating
saccharinated stories from the public domain in middle of the 20th
century that now insists that copyrights should exist for "eternity
minus 1 day".
Thaths
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Homer: He has all the money in the world, but there's one thing he can't buy.
Marge: What's that?
Homer: (pause) A dinosaur.
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