The International Intellectual Property Alliance, a powerful umbrella organization that includes the RIAA and MPAA, is arguing that open-source should be classified as a form of piracy! It’s arguing that the U.S. Trade Representative put countries like Brazil, India and Indonesia on the “Special 301 watchlist” as international copyright scofflaws. Their offense: those countries’ governments have either officially adopted open-source software for use in government agencies and state enterprises, or have recommended the adoption of open-source software by such agencies and enterprises.
via c4ss.org
