[Patents] gouvernement 'buy up' patents or copyright

[Kristoff Bonne kristoff@mccb.be.eu.org]

Greetings,


On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Jean-Paul Smets wrote:
>> Just a thought:
>> In the 'old economy', society (usually the national states) has the right
>> to 'buy up' property (land) of individuals if it serves 'the greater good'
>> (e.g. to build a railway track).
>> This is a generally excepted principle.
>> So, why not extend this principle to the 'knowledge economy' and give the
>> gouvernement (at national and/or European level) the right to 'buy out'
> ...
> This is not a new idea. It is a good idea. The problem is how to name it. 
>       - collectivisation of public interest patents ?
>       - nationalisation of public interest patents ?
> As you see, this two terms are not so good in order to convince. I am 
> looking
> for better ones.
What's the correct english sentence why the state buys up a piece of land
where it was to build a railway-track, harbor, ....

Cheerio! kr. Bonne
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