Argentina rules: no software copyright
Adam Back
aba at dcs.ex.ac.uk
Mon Feb 9 10:58:22 PST 1998
(from cpsr list, from edupage)
: ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT RULES SOFTWARE PIRACY LEGAL
:
: Executives of Microsoft, IBM and Unisys are protesting a recent
: Argentine Supreme Court decision ruling that antiquated copyright
: laws don't cover computer software. Software makers point out that
: royalties aren't paid on about 70% of the software sold in
: Argentina, resulting in roughly $165 million in revenue losses
: annually. A recent study by Price Waterhouse & Co. indicates the
: biggest abusers are Argentine federal and local government agencies
: and small private businesses. "There's no culture in Argentina of
: assigning value to software," says a Unisys unit president. (Wall
: Street Journal 6 Feb 98)
I like best Mark Grant's comment on why copyright should be scrapped:
it is a form of government subsidy.
Adam
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