[lbo-talk] Marketing the military image in Russia

[Leigh Meyers]

I was trying to figure out how the Russian govenment
handles the royalty/intellectual property issues.
I've had fun over the last few year listening to Radio
Beijing turn into a western format broadcaster.
I'd stopped listening to short wave for a while
and when I tuned in again it was a whole new
station.
As much as I despise television, I must admit that
The History Channel has a pretty good piece on
Kalashnikov, including an in-person interview.

gotta go.

Leigh Meyers
leighcmeyers at yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Chris Doss 
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org 
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Marketing the military image in Russia

He has a Soviet patent. The Soviets paid inventors on
a one-off basis, I think, 100 rubles or so.
Kalashnikov may not even have gotten that. There was
no system of royalties as far as I know, if that's the
proper term in intellectual property law. Kalashnikov
says he came up with the idea after soldiers
complained to him that the Germans had automatics and
the Red Army had only single-shooters. He says he did
it all out of patriotism. He's also almost deaf from
all the test-firing (and age).

--- Leigh Meyers <leighcmeyers at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Charity? 
> 501(c)3?
> 
> Gotta love the imagery, tho'.
> Kalashnikov Kottage Cheese... ;>

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