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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Hillary's warmth and her wars

samedi 30 janvier 2016 à 01:00

Who Cares if Hillary is Warm? I Care About Her Wars.

I care even more about her plutocracy, since the military-industrial complex promotes the wars and does many other bad thing.

Half-billion-dollar "gift"

samedi 30 janvier 2016 à 01:00

A half-billion-dollar "gift" to the premier of Malaysia was "not a bribe", says a court.

What a strange definition of corruption.

Copyrighted laws in the US

samedi 30 janvier 2016 à 01:00

Fighting against copyrighted laws in the US.

Milwaukee thugs hide stingray usage

samedi 30 janvier 2016 à 01:00

New Evidence Shows Milwaukee Police Hide Stingray Usage From Courts and Defense.

Pharmaceutical patents

samedi 30 janvier 2016 à 01:00

Jamie Love fights to save people's lives from pharmaceutical patents.

Medicine is one of the areas where patents do a special kind of harm, but we would be better off eliminating patents entirely.

I am disappointed that the first article uses the term "protection" to describe what patents do, because that is spin in favor of the patentholders. Using that term gives them an endorsement that they will use when lobbying for more strict patent laws. Please join me in refusing ever to use that term in regard to patents.

The term "intellectual property rights" is worse than spin: it spreads confusion. Patents and copyrights are totally different in practice. If you lump them together, you will misunderstand what they do.

See https://gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html.