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I'm a little concerned at the way that you're putting this measure forwards with the claimed intent of ending up with US ownership of important intellectual property for carbon reduction. The people who need the carbon reduction technology are the Chinese, the Indians and particularly the Russians, the last thing they're going to want to do is pay patent fees for it, and 'we wish to compel you to install this technology for which you will have to pay us' is unlikely to be a line of negotiation which the Zhongnanhai, the Bhārat Sarkār or the Kremlin will follow happily.
To keep the ice-caps from melting and the seas from flooding, we need options much more like having the West pay the Chinese to build carbon-reduction-equipment factories, whose output we will pay to install on their power stations. It's another large transfer payment to China, but what's one among so many?
If you are trying to influence Europeans, flatter them by telling them what they do will make a difference to saving the planet.
If you are trying to influence Americans, tell them it will make them money.
Mabey I am just getting cynical in my old age...
You raise a fair concern. However, I wanted to inject some Realpolitik into our understanding of (mostly US) politics and policy discussions. I am not advocating a position on this legislation--it is more that I am bringing you a story about how domestic renewable incentives (a good thing for many in my estimation) can be conflated with IP concerns (a good thing for a few). Just the fact that the two are tied up together is fascinating to me from a framing point of view...politics, she is a complex beast.
If we cannot find a way to come together to incentivise wise steps for our future with the evidence about our future that we have right now, well, it makes me shudder...
I wholeheartedly support the legislation and contacted my representatives to express my support for both the renewable energy and energy efficiency tax credits.
John Warner R VA Senate
Jim Webb D VA Senate
Robert C Scott D VA House
US ownership of important intellectual property
Property de la Intellectual ya say?
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-4279
So ya all might wanna look over your machines/media and make sure its purged of that nasty unlicensed IP if this gets passed. Your concern over IP may get negated if enough people are fined into non-existance when protecting IP in the US of A.