Still I am curious about what Conyers is proposing if you care to elaborate.
Marta
Charles Brown wrote:
> Some African American activists
> have an effort to get reparations
> for unpaid labor during U.S. and
> colonial slavery. Congressperson
> John Conyers has introduced
> a bill .
>
> Charles Brown
>
> >>> "Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu at mindspring.com> 01/13 1:28 PM >>>
> K. Micky:
>
> It has never been put forward as a formal proposal. But the idea has been
> floating around for a long time.
> Under current circumstances and international law, the trade sanction powers of
> the rich economies are so strong that this approach is a non starter.
> But if you and others wish to take up the cause by promoting its theoretical
> basis, it would be a great contribution to global development.
>
> An IP amnety for developing economies propossal gained some moentum until
> globalization when the argument to IP violators from advanced economies can
> expolit the amnesty by relocating thir operations.
>
> The current Third World strategy is lower IP loyalties.
>
> A review of the entire IP regime as currently imposed by the West is a very
> progressive undertaking for leftist intellectuals.
>
> Rkmickey at aol.com wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 16:01:51 -0800,
> > "Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu at mindspring.com> wrote"
> >
> > China, for example wants to claimed retroactive IP rights on the compass,
> > gunpower, paper-making, the mechanacial calculation etc, for a period of 50
> > years starting now, to compensate for her historical loss due to the absence
> > of
> > an international IP regime during her epoch of high inventiveness.
> >
> > Henry,
> >
> > This is quite an interesting concept. Has China formally put forward these
> > claims in negotiations with other governments? Could you point me toward any
> > articles, etc., presenting this position?
> >
> > K. Mickey