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- From: jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala)
- Subject: Re: PGP as a World Standard
- In-Reply-To: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.133605.13963@nntp.hut.fi>
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- Reply-To: jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala)
- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- References: <1992Dec18.021308.10817@ulysses.att.com> <1992Dec18.094613.18728@netcom.com> <bontchev.724945521@fbihh> <1992Dec21.185308.25306@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:36:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.185308.25306@netcom.com>, strnlght@netcom (David Sternlight) writes:
- >Hardly. In the former Soviet Union many crimes were committed which
- >were not illegal, as, I warrant, in Bulgaria. That doesn't make them
- >right. I suggest that if present-day Bulgaria wishes to gain the benefits
- >of membership in the international economic community, or the EEC, it
- >will have to bring its intellectual property laws in line, and until
- >then, many of its actions constitute stealing according to international
- >norms, even if not under the laws of Bulgaria.
-
- David keeps repeating and repeating this. It is simply incorrect to
- claim that violating copyrights or patents (and if Bulgaria does not
- use such concept there isn't any violation) is "stealing", and to hold
- his own ethics as universal is a point view very much disrespective of
- different societies and cultures.
-
- Also, even in USA "intellectual property" is a misnomer - go read the
- Constitution's rationale behind the patent and copyright laws. It's
- not to respect the "property" of the creator, it's the advancement of society.
-
- //Jyrki
-