This reminds me of the whole flap over the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, and the number of news articles portraying it as "oh noez Indians are trying to copyright yoga and take it away from us". No, Indians are actually trying to stop other people patenting yoga sequences and asanas and profiting off them.
I did not know of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library. Or that people were trying to patent yoga sequences and asanas. @_@ What next? Will they patent the idea of free service to others?
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Date: 2010-12-02 04:47 am (UTC)I did not know of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library. Or that people were trying to patent yoga sequences and asanas. @_@ What next? Will they patent the idea of free service to others?