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fjtorres · 01-19-2012, 09:12 AM

Basically, some folks sound as if they think the US is wrong when it asks other countries to protect US IP rights and are *also* wrong when they seek to protect other countries' IP within the US.

Seems to me it's simple reciprocity: somebody that believes IP rights need to be respected and living up to it. Next time the US seeks protection for US IP rights in the international arena, they can at least claim to be holding up their end of the treaties, unlike some of the countries benefitting from this decision.

01-19-2012, 09:12 AM	#25
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Basically, some folks sound as if they think the US is wrong when it asks other countries to protect US IP rights and are also wrong when they seek to protect other countries' IP within the US. Seems to me it's simple reciprocity: somebody that believes IP rights need to be respected and living up to it. Next time the US seeks protection for US IP rights in the international arena, they can at least claim to be holding up their end of the treaties, unlike some of the countries benefitting from this decision.