An interesting article in today's Wall
Street Journal illustrates some of the real barriers that poor nations
throw in the way of their domestic inventors and entrepreneurs
It's on page A20 in the Monday, May 9, 2005 edition. Here's a link to those with a subscription.
Those who claim to help poor nations by opposing intellectual property should heed the lesson in this article: More often than not, these poor countries hamstring the very entrepreneurs who are key to driving economic growth. It isn't IP that's to blame for delays in economic development--it's corruption, tarriffs, regulation, lack of property rights, no rule of law, etc.
There's a reason why they're poor and uneducated, and it isn't Disney.
It's on page A20 in the Monday, May 9, 2005 edition. Here's a link to those with a subscription.
Those who claim to help poor nations by opposing intellectual property should heed the lesson in this article: More often than not, these poor countries hamstring the very entrepreneurs who are key to driving economic growth. It isn't IP that's to blame for delays in economic development--it's corruption, tarriffs, regulation, lack of property rights, no rule of law, etc.
There's a reason why they're poor and uneducated, and it isn't Disney.