http://www.petitiononline.com/wipo/petition.html
which is a petition against underhand manoeuvering in WIPO (the world body which sets
the rules on patents and copyright) by the US and Europe in particular: Brazil and Argentina
were making some headway with proposals which would have been less hard on developing
countries, and the US et al react by banning NGOs from WIPO meetings and holding 'informal'
planning meetings to which no developing countries are invited. It's explained more on the link
above, as well as being discussed on the FSF Europe PCT list (http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/).
IMO this is both bigger and even more anti-democratic than the shenanigans over European
software patents...
Graham
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