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Originally Posted by pieter
There really is hardly any possibility to make any money from Africa.
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(I had to go back and look, to see how this sub-thread got started.) The problems in Africa are partly Africa's own, and partly (mostly) the fault of the Old and New Worlds... unfortunately, while Africa is struggling to help itself, the Old and New Worlds haven't been doing their part to help.
This isn't a fault of Intellectual Property, or the Free Market system. This is the fault of politicians and the public refusing to help in anything but token amounts.
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Originally Posted by pieter
This is why I don't believe in intellectual property. It's not just a stupid concept that the rich invented not so long ago, it is also a concept that kills people.
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IP won't help Africa if the rest of the world won't extend a hand, to help them pull themselves up. Governments could easily solve the problem by buying the drugs outright, and sending them over. So could the public (you). IP doesn't prevent that. Publicly-sanctioned disinterest does.
So don't blame IP for Africa's troubles... blame the indifference of the rest of the world.