individuals and groups dedicated to spreading culture
generally.<footnote><para>
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+<indexterm><primary>pornography</primary></indexterm>
There's a parallel here with pornography that is a bit hard to
describe, but it's a strong one. One phenomenon that the Internet
created was a world of noncommercial pornographers—people who
finally, former solicitor general Charles Fried.
</para>
<indexterm><primary>Fried, Charles</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Congress, U.S.</primary><secondary>constitutional powers of</secondary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Constitution, U.S.</primary><secondary>Commerce Clause of</secondary></indexterm>
<para>
Fried was a special victory for our side. Every other former solicitor
general was hired by the other side to defend Congress's power to give
wanted to control.
</para>
<indexterm><primary>Gershwin, George</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Porgy and Bess</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pornography</primary></indexterm>
<para>
Dr. Seuss's representatives, for example, argued that it was
better for the Dr. Seuss estate to control what happened to
WIPO is the preeminent international body dealing with intellectual
property issues.
</para>
+<indexterm id='idxworldsummitontheinformationsocietywsis' class='startofrange'><primary>World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)</primary></indexterm>
<para>
Indeed, I was once publicly scolded for not recognizing this fact
about WIPO. In February 2003, I delivered a keynote address to a
thus the meeting about <quote>open and collaborative projects to create
public goods</quote> seemed perfectly appropriate within the WIPO agenda.
</para>
+<indexterm startref='idxworldsummitontheinformationsocietywsis' class='endofrange'/>
<indexterm><primary>Apple Corporation</primary></indexterm>
<para>
But there is one project within that list that is highly
first-year law student, but an embarrassment from a high government
official dealing with intellectual property issues.
</para>
+<indexterm><primary>World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>drugs</primary><secondary>pharmaceutical</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>generic drugs</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>patents</primary><secondary>on pharmaceuticals</secondary></indexterm>
<para>
Second, who ever said that WIPO's exclusive aim was to <quote>promote</quote>
intellectual property maximally? As I had been scolded at the