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To: teevee who wrote (111349)	3/19/2015 1:50:42 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 220034

The United States was in the position of China regarding intellectual property in 1842 when protection of foreign patents or copyright in the United States was not legally possible. On his visit, Charles Dickens was most annoyed to find he was the best-selling author in America - a country where he received not a penny in royalties. Dickens realized he could virtually double his income if his American fans started paying a going rate for his work. "Dickens's visit to America ended with both sides accusing each other of being vulgar money-grabbers." bbc.com Two primary countries today which don't protect pharmaceutical rights, Italy and Thailand, are quite key to providing modern drugs at affordable prices to Third World nations. The Indian firm Doctor Reddy and their manufacturing facility in Thailand is the only reason American and European pharma firms are donating certain critical drugs to African nations.