[free-sklyarov] Counter-Terminology

[David Merrill]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 03:35:12PM +0200, Lars Gaarden wrote:
> David Haworth wrote:
> 
> > It goes on to say that what happens to those copies after they've
> > been sold is up to individual countries. I believe the US
> > has a first sale doctrine that says the authors can't restrict
> > further sales or transfers of the copy in its original form.
> 
> 
> Too bad that WCT doesn't force worldwide exhaustion at first sale.
> Would have been a lot harder for the EU Copyright directive to
> erect a 'Festung Europa' wrt first sale if it did.
> 
> 
> > Also read articles 11 and 12, and then ask why the DMCA makes
> > the distribution of "circumvention devices" illegal. Especially
> > if you take the agreed statements concerning article 12
> > into account.
> > (http://www.wipo.int/treaties/ip/copyright/statements.html)
> 
> 
> And that's one thing I just don't get - why did the DMCA get
> 1201 so wrong when it is quite obvious from the WCT and WPPT
> that the layer of protection added by law-protected TPMs should
> have the same size as copyright law itself.

Which begs the question of why the publishers are not open to a
reasonable change in the DMCA that truly balances the interests and
rights of the reader (not consumer -- I hate being defined as a
consumer) with their own.

I bet we could make good hay out of the fact they refuse to discuss
the details of the DMCA and instead pump out PR in marketroid and
avoids all mention of facts.

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