Speaking of IP related issues, as I was in the last post, the FT's Alan Beattie has a good article on international IP rules. Here's the full paragraph containing the quote in the title:
As the global economy shifts online and more of its value-added comes from research and design rather than fields and factories, few doubt the need for rules allowing the creators of valuable content to be properly rewarded. But acceptance and adoption of those laws may depend on their flexibility over time and between different countries. For now, a widespread suspicion remains that such rules are mainly being written by their beneficiaries.
Are the lines for the current set of international IP rules being drawn in the right place? Are we negotiating the rules in the right forum (trade agreements)?
