Dr Shiva on Dutch Piracy

This is a short clip from an (longer) interview with Dr. Vandana Shiva by Wafaa' Al-Natheema which took place in February 2009.

The interview focuses on European piracy and why the Dutch authorities confiscated an Indian ship carrying medicine in December 2008, which was on its way to Brazil, but was not allowed to take its course.

The Dutch authorities seized the generic medicine on grounds of alleged Intellectual Property (IP) violations even though there were no indications that drug was meant for the markets of the European Community.

A short article with some details on this case can be sampled here:

http://zennobia.blogspot.com/2009/03/dutch-piracy-and-india.html

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