[d@DCC] WIPO links

[Russell McOrmond]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, John Lange wrote:

> Can someone please send me links to the WIPO agreement that Canada
> signed in 1997.

http://www.digital-copyright.ca/links.shtml#international


> And, links to recent information on how they are now softening, or
> rethinking their stance on "more is always better" for copyright?

  WIPO is part of the UN, and thus has many member states involved.  There 
isn't a single "they", but we do have to educate our own representatives 
to these groups.

  While the USTR/USPTO extremists aren't rethinking their stance, other
member states are expressing many forward-looking ideas such as
acknowledging open collaborative development models, and a development
agenda.

  Many links here: http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/

  There was also work at the related World Summit on the Information
Society: http://www.wsis-pct.org/


<personal political rant warning>

  There is an obvious "old boys club vs. new citizen based global
village" going on.  There is a lot of backward-looking pressure from the
United States and their "coalition of the billing".  If you compare the
members of the various US-pushed coalitions you will see similarities,
whether the fight is against so-called "piracy" or so-called "terrorism".

  These terms are simply "weapons of mass distraction" against the reality
of the special interest policy being proposed.

  Lets hope that Canada will take a similar position on the invasion of
the Internet to force a regime change (citizen controlled media changed to
old-economy monopoly controlled media) as the government did with the
invasion of Iraq.

  Now if only we can un-distract the politicians and get them to recognize
current policy directions as being so backwards.

</personal>




> Thanks,
-- 
 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> 
 Code is Law: how software code regulates the activities of citizens,
 and acts similar to law.  How do we ensure transparency/accountability?  
 http://www.flora.ca/russell/drafts/code-is-law.html