[Buddha-l] Internet activist Aaron Swartz commits suicide Re Library.nu

[Christopher Fynn]

Re greed

Did you know that people have actually tried (and managed) to patent
yoga asanas in the USA?

The Indian government created  a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
database in order to prevent pharmaceutical companies trying to patent
traditional medical formulations.(bio-piracy) It now also includes
things like Yoga asanas  because people started getting patents on
these in the U.S.A.

Link: Traditional Knowledge Digital Library http://www.tkdl.res.in/

http://www.tkdl.res.in/tkdl/PressCoverage/important_news/VOANews_11-06-2010.pdf

"The US Patent and Trademark office has reportedly issued 150
yoga-related copyrights, 134 trademarks on yoga accessories and 2,315
yoga trademarks"

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-05-18/india/27888083_1_yoga-enthusiasts-yoga-related-copyrights-bikram-choudhary


On 15/01/2013, Jo <ugg-5 at spro.net> wrote:
> Just so sad --please watch Aaron at work on SOPA:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgh2dFngFsg&feature=youtu.be
> We're lucky that (c) didn't exist when the Buddha was teaching. Revisions
> in
> this law are due to the Motive of this Age: GREED.
>
> Joanna
>
> On Behalf Of Christopher Fynn
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 11:40 PM
>
>
> Too bad the United States prosecutors didn't go after the architects of the
> financial collapse, who certainly caused a great deal of harm while
> personally enriching themselves greatly, with half as much zeal and
> determination as they persecuted a gifted young man attempting to make
> documents paid for with public tax dollars public.
>
> World Wide Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee wrote a poem in memory of
> Swartz,
> which has posted to a forum on the W3C's Web site:
>
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2013Jan/0017.html
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