European Consitution

[Jozef Halbersztadt <halber@idea.net.pl>]

The European Convention is finalising its work on the constitution.

http://european-convention.eu.int/docs/Treaty/cv00725.en03.pdf

A good time to take a position is running away. The project carries one 
sententece that should be of interest of the list members and should not 
not be left in silence.

In Article II-17 (Right to property) the standard statement on 
possessions is followed by a special paragraph: Intellectual property 
shall be protected.

I just read a disclaimer

http://www.wsis-ipr.org/ipr-disclaimer.html

"(...) This working group deals with copyright, patent, and trademark 
and related issues. The IPR name should be viewed as a mere convenience 
to regroup those issues under the very short acronym IPR ( that may also 
stand for "Intellectual Productions Rights" ). We also encourage 
everyome involved in the WSIS to use the word "intellectual property" 
with utmost precaution."

Are we not in right moment to initiate a campaign to replace 
"intellectual property" with "intelletual production" and move it from 
Article II-17 to II-13?"

Article II-13
Freedom of the arts and sciences
The arts and scientific research shall be free of constraint. Academic 
freedom shall be respected.

Proposed rough draft of the second paragraph:
The public domain, copyright, patents and the other exclusion rights 
each one in own way are crucial to innovations, the spread of knowledge 
and culture, the access to our past, and promotion of the Progress of 
Science and Art. The law should guard a balance between support of free 
competition, public domain and protection of the Intellectual Production 
Rights as copyright and patents.