Freedom Works, which has the motto "lower taxes, less government, more freedom" (hey, where's "progress"?) notes "Governments sometimes have their own form of intellectual property piracy":

Less conspicuous [than illicit music downloading], but just as important, is a form of piracy in the guise of governments forcing companies to modify their products or share their technologies with competitors. Justified as consumer protection, such regulatory piracy often harms the consumers it purports to help. More often than not, it provides a bounty to firms having difficulty competing in an open marketplace while dampening the drive for innovation.

posted by James DeLong @ 1:39 PM | Antitrust, International

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