UK public comment on important issues, due April 21
by
Matt Lee
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Published on
Apr 14, 2006 05:58 PM
The UK government has called for public comment on certain copyright and patent issues, some of which are of great importance to the free software community, such as
- Copyright -- Digital Restrictions Management
- (Free software to access DRM'd media must be permitted.)
- How "IP" is awarded
- (Software patents should never be issued.)
Since all answers will be posted on their web site, a large number of responses from our community will show up. So please email a response (deadline April 21), and pass the word on to others.
The request for comment embodies the biased assumptions and overgeneralization of the term "intellectual property". (It is a mistake to lump copyrights and patents together as if they were similar.) We suggest that you avoid adopting that term in your response.