Re: [Patents] Voice of patenting business

[jm@jmason.org (Justin Mason)]

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Christian Beauprez writes:
>  I think that far from being appeased we should push harder at this
>  point to show such "reform" is no substitute for obeying international
>  obligations. If the U.S. doesn't want to protect computer programs as
>  literary works in a way that is non-prejudicial to authors, she should
>  not have signed the TRIPS treaty or any other Treaty that obligated her
>  to do this. Trade agreements have to bind everyone, not just the rest
>  of the world.

Christian -- 

is there a good web page that outlines this theory (the programs =
literary works under TRIPS = non-patentable one) in a manner that is
comprehensible to newbies?   I ask because it's a very interesting new
angle, IMO, and I doubt many people outside of the anti-swpat community
know about it yet.

It would make a great slashdot post, for example. ;)  (slashdot has
problems in its community of commenters, sure, but is a fantastic way to
get the idea spread widely throughout the entire software community
and is often picked up by more mainstream press.)

- --j.
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