So, there is indignation, holier than thou attitude and outrage when the American model is followed literally. Ironic, ain't it? Not of countrymen but of country. That was the official US stance for upwards of 100 years when it suited your interests, and now when developing countries follow exact US model, then there is moral outrage.
Some things are not as straightforward. The privilege with which you cast your personal opinion on IP as black and white has a past, a history. You would not enjoy that privilege without that official US past. IP in global or US historic terms has not been a static universally agreed to issue. If you follow an IP policy for a century, and then turn around wagging fingers at others, keep in mind that you wouldn't be in a position to point fingers if not for the same practices adopted by you. It isn't just a case of values and upbringing, so simply passing it off as superior moral integrity doesn't wash. If you choose to be blind to the complexities of issues, it doesn't mean that it really is so. In some/many cases depending on who/where/what is being discussed, it does come down to integrity. But not always by a long shot. The context is not immaterial when you look at developing countries and IP. Fairness and protection of interest of the local entrepreneur, foreign entrepreneur and end users must be evolved in a fair and equitable manner. Continuing with the status quo won't necessarily aspire to that fairness, neither will the IP doctrine that the US is now vociferously trying to enforce. That fairness certainly doesn't exist currently for all three parties, but to pass off the issue as one of pure rectitude is a gross misrepresentation and incorrect simplification. IP rights have evolved through history and not in a homogenous universal way, and are still evolving. There is a lot of complexity involved. Intellectual "Property" as currently understood has not always been so. Property that is intellectual is a relatively new concept. Does it mean it should be ignored and rights/labor of people working hard should be ignored? Certainly not. Private rights, public interest, IP policy as a tool for economic development, domestic innovation protectionism, monopolies on IP ..., these are not straightforward issues.
I am done, I am not going to waste any more time either on this matter and subsequent posts here, but one should look in the mirror.
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