[Freesw] Re: [Patents] gouvernement 'buy up' patents or copyright

[Ben Laurie ben@algroup.co.uk]

Kristoff Bonne wrote:
> 
> 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, ....

Compulsory purchase.

Cheers,

Ben.

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