Give free access to intellectual property to enable developing nations to implement CO2 reducing technologies.

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No, because... Intellectual copy rights should be retained to keep alive the spirit of competition thus advancement/amelioration/progress

Competition does not rely on copyrights and other IP. Such IP does encourage the development of new technologies however competition is made much fiercer if there are not such limits as IP rights essentially give a monopoly for a limited period of time in which the developer can charge high priced to recoup the cost of creating the technology in the first place.

It is however difficult to hand out the technology without access to the IP as who then maintains it? Essentially this just moves the cost to the maintainence and serviceing that is to be done later, it just means the developing country pays later and in installments rather than all at once.

 

Companies should have a strong incentive to make better products(that means they need their label on their products and not have to distribute copy rights freely).

The fruits of technology can be distributed charitably to countries that can not afford it, without handing out intellectual property rights. Presently any decision is based on monetary factors, the distribution of technology for free is a non-economically viable option.

If technology is distributed for free, then there will be no pressure for the countries to utilize it to its fullest capacity, given how people treat free things like Giffen goods: As we know that the true value of anything is known only when we earn it, the distribution of technology for free, will ultimately dilute the value of the technology.

The developing countries are also some of the most populated in the world and even if a small premium is taken for technology distributed it will lead to huge incomes for the companies. As a result the companies will also have an incentive for further research and technology development.

Companies are not countries. When companies retain copyrights, companies can branch out into developing countries and improve their products there, using local recruits/trainees.

Developing 'Countries' need not pay, since 'Countries' do not invent/distribute/improve products/ideas/technology (not directly, not outside the public sector).

Inventors need to obtain patenting rights to protect their technology from being re-engineered/copied/stolen. A company needs to own its product for the same reason.