Our Rights shouldn’t be thrown out !
February 22, 2007
Our Fablous Government is throwing yet more of our Rights away
I don’t know why our government is always Eager to sign anything that they are presented with , not sure there is much thinking going on there
Now According to the [BBC]
The most disturbing illustration of this double standard is the IIPA’s criticism of compulsory copyright licensing requirements.
Countries around the world, particularly those in the developing world (including Indonesia, the Philippines, Lebanon, Kuwait, Nigeria, and Vietnam) all face demands to eliminate compulsory licensing schemes in the publishing and broadcasting fields.
Kuwait is going to give up compulsory copyright license
What is That you ask ?
it is an exception to copyright law that is usually philosophically justified as an attempt by the government to correct a market failure.
Some compulsory licenses protect those who wish to use a work for educational or non-commercial purposes.
Why there is no Student price for Software like Windows ?
Read more on Compulsory license [wikipedia]