Trademark Law

Trademark law is supposed to protect buyers from inferior imitation products, but it does no good when the trademark holders produce the inferior imitation products.

The article refers to a book called "Against Intellectual Property". I have never seen it, so I don't know what points it makes, and I have no opinion about them. However, since "intellectual property" is a misguided overgeneralization, it is just as foolish to be against "it" as to be for "it".

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Indian Censorship

When Indian censorship bans criticism of religion, that already includes censorship of some criticism of politicians

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Killed Prisoner

Investigating a prisoner killed by UK troops in the Bush forces has partly exposed a CIA-related US torture squad.

Ben Griffin, who tried to inform the public about torture, was a hero. If the UK still has him gagged, he should flee to Argentina and speak out.

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University SWAT

A US university set up a SWAT team. So it will need to find excuses to use it.

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Signed ACTA

"I signed ACTA out of civic carelessness, because I did not pay enough attention."

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Teaspoons

Teaspoons are "drug paraphernalia".

The ban on drug paraphernalia — even real drug paraphernalia — is one of the injustices of having a war that's on drugs.

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India Censorship

Google agreed to carry out censorship in India.

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ACTA Protests

Protests against ACTA have spread around Europe.

I think the article is mistaken about ACTA's effect on the US. Obama said he personally could approve it because (he claims) it requires no changes in US law. If that's true, it means that ACTA has imposed unjust US laws on other countries. However, if ACTA calls for changes in US laws, they would need congressional approval.

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Uganda

Uganda is again considering a law to persecute homosexuals.

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Susan G Komen

An anti-abortion executive of Susan G Komen foundation resigned.

Furthermore, she contradicted the founder's claim not to have included her in the decision to defund Planned Parenthood.

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Coal-Burning Pollution

State officials in the pay of coal companies have sued to block EPA regulations to limit pollution from coal-burning power plants.

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Craig Murray

Craig Murray's freedom of information request was answered with the entire substance deleted. But, through an error, it proves that officials lied to the investigation of the Gould/Werrity scandal.

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Czech ACTA

The Czech government has suspended ratification of ACTA.

This means it is feeling the pressure, but it is not yet a victory.

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US Savings

One way to increase the US' savings rate is by increasing the capital gains tax.

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Vietnam GMO

Monsanto gave the Vietnamese Agent Orange. Now it wants to give them GMOs.

It is ironic that the Vietnamese government, which triumphed over the US and Monsanto in a long war, now sells itself and the Vietnamese people to the US and to a national corporations, and even to the WTO.

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Homs Massacre

Assad's army is committing a tremendous massacre in Homs.

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Banned Gay Marriage

A federal appeals court ruled that California's initiative that banned gay marriage is unconstitutional because it has no purpose except to discriminate against gays.

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Putin

Putin has a group of paid Internet astroturfers whose job is to give the impression that just about everyone in Russia admires him.

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Urgent: GMO

Everyone: call on Walmart to reject GMO corn.

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Urgent: FDA

US citizens: sign this petition rebuking Obama's appointment of a former Monsanto lobbyist as an FDA lobbyist.

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