tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post7669706498898207115..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: EU's Unconvincing ACTA ActGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-10536172962797180832010-02-08T17:10:36.360+00:002010-02-08T17:10:36.360+00:00@crosbie: good to have your feedback again. Yes, ...@crosbie: good to have your feedback again. Yes, it would be nice if these distinctions were understood. But they're hard, and journos aren't known for writing well about hard stuff...Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-75260981064725196352010-02-08T17:08:35.775+00:002010-02-08T17:08:35.775+00:00It shouldn't be surprising that they're ri...It shouldn't be surprising that they're riffing on the popular confusion between (natural) rights and privileges (legally granted 'rights').<br /><br />Intellectual Property 'rights' are not comprised in a subset of Human rights.<br /><br />The media really need to get to grips with the fact that copyright and patent are commercial privileges, 18th century SUSPENSIONS of RIGHTS, i.e. the opposite of rights and consequently antagonistic rather than harmonious derivatives or adjuncts.<br /><br />Copyright and patent suspend the human right to liberty (the natural right copy a published work, or to manufacture a device irrespective of whether it uses a design similar to one that has been registered).<br /><br />Unfortunately, the very same media that reports on ACTA vs Human rights is going to be biased toward the preservation of copyright as if a human right.<br /><br />I hope more bloggers can be impartial about it and point out the vital difference between right and 'right'.Crosbie Fitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554471152790988479noreply@blogger.com