- Jun 2, 2000
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"Brazil openly rips off U.S. patents to produce AIDS drugs that can be used cheaply and effectively. The rest of the world applauds, with one notable exception, the U.S."
http://www.wirednews.com/news/politics/0,1283,44175,00.html
edit: forgot to add the poll. so just discuss: who's right?
- Brazil for infringing on U.S. patents to save lives?
or
- U.S. companies for wanting to capitalize on a world-wide epidemic?
And how would your views change if the roles were switched: the U.S. was infringing on patents from other countries?
http://www.wirednews.com/news/politics/0,1283,44175,00.html
edit: forgot to add the poll. so just discuss: who's right?
- Brazil for infringing on U.S. patents to save lives?
or
- U.S. companies for wanting to capitalize on a world-wide epidemic?
And how would your views change if the roles were switched: the U.S. was infringing on patents from other countries?