Dear List members 'Time to rethink intellectual property laws?' It is a very good article written by David Dickson. The author has given many innovative idea like : 'Patents on scientific knowledge may not be as useful — or valuable — as many claim them to be. 'The speed of the global economic collapse is provoking a widespread — many would say belated — realisation that many of the beliefs underlying economic expansion over the past 20 years need close questioning, particularly those involving the relationship between the state and the market.' The full article is available on : http://www.scidev.net/en/editorials/time-to-rethink-intellectual-property-la... -- Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - MLIS(BHU), IKM(IISc), UGC-NET (JRF) Asst. Librarian The LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNM IIT) Jaipur(Rajasthan) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.