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Links: Russians Accuse USA of Piracy
Posted by Steven Wu on Monday, July 26 @ 11:23:42 EDT Oddities
The New York Times has a story about how the United States is pirating Russian guns:
A Russian industry and product designer are asserting that the United States has been abetting intellectual-property pirates to suit its own needs, by directing copies of Russian merchandise around the world.

The complaint is not about software or music. It makes no mention of movies or video games. It is about the Kalashnikov assault rifle, the most prolific firearm ever made. . . .

Since the collapses of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein's army in Iraq, the United States has been purchasing or arranging the transfer of thousands of knockoffs of Kalashnikovs commonly referred to as AK-47's, to outfit new military and security forces in Kabul and Baghdad.

These rifles have not been made in Russia, where the arms industry holds patents for the weapon in several nations. Instead they have originated in weapons plants controlled by Eastern European states, each of which was a partner of Moscow's in Soviet days.

Which brings to mind a coalition of MPAA and RIAA representatives armed with AK-47s.
 
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Re: Russians Accuse USA of Piracy (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Sunday, August 01 @ 11:19:08 EDT
AK-47 are more than 20 years old now?
all patents should be in public domain by now


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