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IP: COPYRIGHT HOLDERS VS. TELECOMS: Edupage, May 16, 2001
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 20:22:18 -0400
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS VS. TELECOMS The United States and several other countries will meet in the Hague next month to discuss a treaty that would require U.S. jurisdictions to uphold rulings made in foreign courts. Critics are decrying the Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments, which was first planned 10 years ago, as potentially damaging because of the global nature of the Internet. ISPs and other telecommunications providers are among the companies worried that the treaty would open them up to a rash of lawsuits brought from around the world because of illegally shared material sent through their networks. However, copyright enforcers in Hollywood see the treaty as an opportunity to shut down the global piracy of music and videos. Although the convention allows for exemptions based on issues that conflict with a country's intrinsic values, the American Civil Liberties Union warns that passage of the treaty would infringe on U.S. free speech laws. Other experts, such as David Chiu of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign, said the treaty would allow private parties to seek out foreign courts sympathetic to their lawsuits. (Washington Post, 16 May 2001)
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