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The Vatican and IP Rights

My personal feelings about the Catholic Church aside, I really have to agree with Mons. Silvano Maria Tomasi on the issue of intellectual property rights and how richer nations need to stop their excessive zeal for IP rights:
supporting IP rights in general does not always mean supporting tougher patent and copyright rules; "better" does not always mean "stronger."

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