IIPA Would Rather People "pirate" Than Switch To Legal Competitors

The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) tipped their hand a bit in this years submission to the "Special 301" report process. While they again attacked Canada for having strong copyright law that is different than the USA, the most telling was their opposition to policies encouraging legally free of charge Open Source in their submissions for Brazil, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Encouraging legally free software is by far the best policy instrument to reduce software copyright infringement for the less financially rich countries and individuals of the world.
digital-copyright.ca • 2.22.10 @12:09PM • Copyright, Infringement, Intellectual Property, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Microsoft
Hayden Frost   This is incorrect. They're not saying they want you to pirate instead of using free open source. They're saying they're not a fan of the government mandating open source for government agencies, especially where the open source version is inferior to the commercial version.   2.23.10 @8:34AM