New York headquarters was telling the reporter over and over that her
account of the war was too bleak: She needed to offer a more
optimistic story. When she told New York that wasn't warranted, they
-told her <emphasis>that</emphasis> they were writing "the story.")
+told her that <emphasis>they</emphasis> were writing "the story.")
</para>
<para> Blog space gives amateurs a way to enter the
debate—"amateur" not in the sense of inexperienced, but in the
<para>
True, these local rules have, in effect, been imposed upon these
countries. No country can be part of the world economy and choose
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not to protect copyright internationally. We may have been born a
pirate nation, but we will not allow any other nation to have a
similar childhood.
these nations live gives them some opportunities to escape the burden
of intellectual property law.<footnote><para>
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-See Peter Drahos with John Braithwaite, Information Feudalism: <citetitle>Who
-Owns the Knowledge Economy?</citetitle> (New York: The New Press, 2003), 10–13,
-209. The Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
-(TRIPS) agreement obligates member nations to create administrative
-and enforcement mechanisms for intellectual property rights, a costly
-proposition for developing countries. Additionally, patent rights may
-lead to higher prices for staple industries such as
-agriculture. Critics of TRIPS question the disparity between burdens
-imposed upon developing countries and benefits conferred to
-industrialized nations. TRIPS does permit governments to use patents
-for public, noncommercial uses without first obtaining the patent
-holder's permission. Developing nations may be able to use this to
-gain the benefits of foreign patents at lower prices. This is a
-promising strategy for developing nations within the TRIPS framework.
+See Peter Drahos with John Braithwaite, Information Feudalism:
+<citetitle>Who Owns the Knowledge Economy?</citetitle> (New York: The
+New Press, 2003), 10–13, 209. The Trade-Related Aspects of
+Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement obligates member
+nations to create administrative and enforcement mechanisms for
+intellectual property rights, a costly proposition for developing
+countries. Additionally, patent rights may lead to higher prices for
+staple industries such as agriculture. Critics of TRIPS question the
+disparity between burdens imposed upon developing countries and
+benefits conferred to industrialized nations. TRIPS does permit
+governments to use patents for public, noncommercial uses without
+first obtaining the patent holder's permission. Developing nations may
+be able to use this to gain the benefits of foreign patents at lower
+prices. This is a promising strategy for developing nations within the
+TRIPS framework.
+<indexterm><primary>agricultural patents</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Drahos, Peter</primary></indexterm>
</para></footnote> In my view, more developing nations should take
advantage of that opportunity, but when they don't, then their laws
life. I don't mean to deny the value in this narrower view, which
depends upon the context of the inquiry. I do, however, mean to argue
against any insistence that this narrower view is the only proper view
-of liberty. As I argued in <citetitle>Code</citetitle>, we come from a long tradition of
-political thought with a broader focus than the narrow question of
-what the government did when. John Stuart Mill defended freedom of
-speech, for example, from the tyranny of narrow minds, not from the
-fear of government prosecution; John Stuart Mill, <citetitle>On Liberty</citetitle> (Indiana:
-Hackett Publishing Co., 1978), 19. John R. Commons famously defended
-the economic freedom of labor from constraints imposed by the market;
-John R. Commons, "The Right to Work," in Malcom Rutherford and Warren
-J. Samuels, eds., <citetitle>John R. Commons: Selected Essays</citetitle> (London:
+of liberty. As I argued in <citetitle>Code</citetitle>, we come from a
+long tradition of political thought with a broader focus than the
+narrow question of what the government did when. John Stuart Mill
+defended freedom of speech, for example, from the tyranny of narrow
+minds, not from the fear of government prosecution; John Stuart Mill,
+<citetitle>On Liberty</citetitle> (Indiana: Hackett Publishing Co.,
+1978), 19. John R. Commons famously defended the economic freedom of
+labor from constraints imposed by the market; John R. Commons, "The
+Right to Work," in Malcom Rutherford and Warren J. Samuels, eds.,
+<citetitle>John R. Commons: Selected Essays</citetitle> (London:
Routledge: 1997), 62. The Americans with Disabilities Act increases
the liberty of people with physical disabilities by changing the
architecture of certain public places, thereby making access to those
-places easier; 42 <citetitle>United States Code</citetitle>, section 12101 (2000). Each of
-these interventions to change existing conditions changes the liberty
-of a particular group. The effect of those interventions should be
-accounted for in order to understand the effective liberty that each
-of these groups might face.
+places easier; 42 <citetitle>United States Code</citetitle>, section
+12101 (2000). Each of these interventions to change existing
+conditions changes the liberty of a particular group. The effect of
+those interventions should be accounted for in order to understand the
+effective liberty that each of these groups might face.
+<indexterm><primary>Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Commons, John R.</primary></indexterm>
</para></footnote>
</para>
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