Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 20, 2004 12:25 AM
The only way other countries can avoid becoming slaves to Microsoft is to repeal intellectual property treaties with the U.S. If necessary, withdraw from the Berne Convention, too, or rewrite it to exclude the U.S.
Within the U.S., it's pretty well hopeless. Members of Congress and the state legislatures are just paid whores for their campaign contributors, especially Microsoft.
U.S. courts can still play fair, but they can only follow the law, and the law can be changed to suit whoever has the money to pay for new laws.
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Repeal IP treaties with U.S.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 20, 2004 12:25 AMWithin the U.S., it's pretty well hopeless. Members of Congress and the state legislatures are just paid whores for their campaign contributors, especially Microsoft.
U.S. courts can still play fair, but they can only follow the law, and the law can be changed to suit whoever has the money to pay for new laws.
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