[free-sklyarov] Information About WIPO Wanted
Jon O .
jono at microshaft.org
Sat Jul 28 23:22:09 PDT 2001
Chew on this:
http://www.anti-dmca.org/faq.html
And then (off indymedia.org):
http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/articles/jan2000albert.htm
Also, remember Bush just snubbed the Germ Warfare treaty and the
Koyoto treaty... Any ideas?
On 29-Jul-2001, Erik Moeller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> apparently the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a UN
> agency with a ~250 million $ budget, is responsible, among other
> despicable things, for the DMCA, the EU copyright directive, the
> Canadian equivalent to the DMCA and all other laws concerning the
> circumvention of copy-protection. See the "WIPO Copyright Treaty
> adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on December 20, 1996":
>
> http://www.eff.org/Intellectual_property/WIPO/final_WIPO_treaty.html
>
> Particularly Article 11:
>
> Obligations concerning Technological Measures
>
> "Contracting Parties shall provide adequate legal protection and
> effective legal remedies against the circumvention of effective
> technological measures that are used by authors in connection
> with the exercise of their rights under this Treaty or the Berne
> Convention and that restrict acts, in respect of their works, which
> are not authorized by the authors concerned or permitted
> by law."
>
> Does anyone know more about how WIPO works? In particular:
>
> 1.) What happens if a member country doesn't satisfy the demands of a
> WIPO treaty?
>
> It seems to me that the policy-making process is a hidden one, and
> once the treaty has been signed, member nations have little choice
> but to turn it into law, particularly since WIPO cooperates with the
> WTO through the TRIPS agreement on intellectual property rights.
>
> 2.) How does the WIPO policy-making-process work?
>
> >From their organigram (http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/pdf/org-
> en.pdf) I only see that they have a "copyright office". In their
> listing of principal officers, there appears to be nobody responsible
> for the protection of consumer / fair use rights.
>
> 3.) How is the WIPO protected against lobbying?
>
> 4.) How is it democratically controlled?
>
> If anyone has more information on WIPO and related treaties, in
> particular detailed criticisms and descriptions of its organization
> and structure, please e-mail me or reply to the list if appropriate.
>
> Perhaps it's time for "DENOUNCE WIPO TREATIES" flyers and posters.
> I'll try to compile as much information as I can.
>
> Regards,
> Erik
>
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