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> There isn't even consensus around the legitimacy of the notion of intellectual property. There is, though. That's why the vast majority of nations have laws
by hh3k0 6y ago
> There isn't even consensus around the legitimacy of the notion of intellectual property.
There is, though. That's why the vast majority of nations have laws protecting intellectual property.
A different position held by a minuscule minority does not make it less of a consensus.
> In any case, this isn't an intellectual property issue, but a privacy issue.
Articles states:
> U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said on Wednesday that documents related to development of their COVID-19 vaccine had been “unlawfully accessed” in a cyberattack on Europe’s medicines regulator.
And if it is related to the development of their vaccine -- and something for the European Medicines Agency to review, no less --, I'd argue it's nearly impossible that it isn't intellectual property of Pfizer/BioNTech.
- grishka 6y ago> That's why the vast majority of nations have laws protecting intellectual property. Let's be clear on this one: the vast majority of nations have these laws because the US forced them via trade agreements, and the US has them because the entertainment corporations lobbied the hell out of them. Individuals almost never benefit from these laws.
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- xinniethepooh 6y agoIndividuals consistently benefit from these laws - how do you think so many 'tech millionaires' exist? They had an idea, claimed it as theirs, and profited from it. Individuals don't benefit when these laws are taken away, because there is no incentive to create and all incentive to steal (re: China).