[Patents] gouvernement 'buy up' patents or copyright

[Bernard Lang Bernard.Lang@inria.fr]

liberation of public interest patents ?
freeing


On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 09:31:52AM +0200, Jean-Paul Smets wrote:
> Kristoff Bonne wrote:
> > 
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > 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'
> ...
> > Just my 2 eurocents of thoughts.
> > 
> > Cheerio! Kr. Bonne.
> > 
> > *** catch-frase of the week:
> > The only remedy against too-strong multinationals, are equally strong
> > governements and under equally strong democratic control.
> > ***
> > 
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> 
> 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.
> 
> JPS.
> 
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