Re: [Patents] MAFIA meeting on Capitol Hill

[Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr>]

On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 12:16:08PM -0400, Seth Johnson wrote:
> 
> It appears to be the 30 required signatories some
> international treaty.  No big fish seem to have signed,
> besides USA.

apparently:  see http://www.aftra.org/resources/pr/1201/wipo.html

> There was some big treaty recently that was going to come
> into force this month on this basis -- I forget what it was
> called, WIPO Phonograms and Something treaty.

the 1996 treaty that introduced the ideas fully exploited in DMCA,
most notably the anti-circumvention thing.
   In order to short-circuit congress, the idea is to have the thing
adopted in an international treaty, so that it becomes impossible not
to do it.

 The role of the USA - the only big fish (with the usual Japanese
blind following) - is clear ... and they fought for that treaty before
they ever discussed it internally.

  democracy, you say  ...  what democracy ?

Bernard

> Perhaps they'll put out the next line of spin at this
> shindig -- something valorizing static works of authorship,
> is my prognosis (if I'm piecing things together properly).
> 
> (LOL -- a dip into the speculative depths of Seth's mind)
> 
> Seth Johnson
> 
> Bouthier Christophe wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 12:27:45PM +0200, Bernard Lang wrote:
> > > MAFIA meeting on Capitol Hill
> > > http://www.politechbot.com/p-03517.html
> > 
> > "Ambassadors from the following countries: [...]"
> > Seems that ambassadors from France, Germany, and all
> > European Community are not invited.
> > 
> > Is that a good or bad omen ?
> > 
> > C.
> > --
> > By the grace of God Almighty
> > And the pressures of the marketplace
> > The human race has civilized itself.
> > It's a miracle.                      -Roger Waters-Amused to death-
> 
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