[Patents] Re: [Patents] Un négatif de www.freepatents.org

[Micarelli Roberto mi.ro@iol.it]

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On 5/6/00, 1:39:31 PM, PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de> wrote regarding=20
[Patents] Re: [Patents] Un n=E9gatif de www.freepatents.org:


> > Have you seen this web site : http://www.freepatent.org ;(without the=

> > final s) it's really a negative of http://www.freepatents.org ;?

> This must be written by people who want to ridicule the concept of
> intellectual property.  It starts from their naming:  taking a free=20
ride
> on the trademarks that other peolpe have worked hard to establish is a=

> blatant violation of "intellectual property" in its best sense.

> The authors of "freepatent.org" are pretending that we oppose IP or=20
want
> to deprive people of the fruits of their work.  In reality the=20
opposite is
> the case.  We all hate free-riders.  We want the original people to=20
reap
> the fruit of their work.  But sometimes this just can't be enforced in=
=20
a
> beneficial way.  Enforcing software patents in practise means=20
fostering an
> unjustified rent-seeking activity and creating barriers to prevent=20
people
> from implementing their own ideas.  Moreover it means strengthening an=

> informatic monopolism, which has already created such barriers.

> Trademarks can be enforced in a beneficial way.  Thus the=20
freepatent.org
> people discredit their own pro-IP moralism by violating IP principles.=

> And apart from naive moralism they have nothing to offer anyway.

> So let them continue to make fools of themselves.  We are actively
> advertising their site at http://swpat.ffii.org.

I would like to access both freepatent.org and swpat.ffii.org in=20
english
(I already wrote the freepatent webmaster).
For how I was able to understand in freepatent.org I disagree and
I suggest to enter your comments about them in the freepatents=20
homepage too.

Best regards, Roberto.