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Bullied List Needed To Counter Trade & IP Linkage
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 18:41:28 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Laurent GUERBY <laurent () guerby net> Date: May 10, 2005 5:36:37 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: Ip ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] Bullied List Needed To Counter Trade & IP Linkage You should also note the proposed European "Constitution" as probably being the most IP extremist of all constitutions, gone are social balances, temporary nature, need for progress, and welcome to intellectual property as a natural right just like regular property. << Article II-77 Right to property 1. Everyone has the right to own, use, dispose of and bequeath his or her lawfully acquired possessions. No one may be deprived of his or her possessions, except in the public interest and in the cases and under the conditions provided for by law, subject to fair compensation being paid in good time for their loss. The use of property may be regulated by law insofar as is necessary for the general interest. 2. Intellectual property shall be protected. [... follow non legally binding explanation ...] EXPLANATIONS RELATING TO THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS Protection of intellectual property, one aspect of the right of property, is explicitly mentioned in paragraph 2 because of its growing importance and Community secondary legislation. Intellectual property covers not only literary and artistic property but also inter alia patent and trademark rights and associated rights. The guarantees laid down in paragraph 1 shall apply as appropriate to intellectual property.
Note that only the non binding "explanation" says that intellectual property could be purchased for public interest, but this is not at all present in the legally binding text. Also "intellectual" property is not defined. Full text (raw pdf2ascii) in one ASCII file is available on http://guerby.org/ direct link [1.1 MB] http://guerby.org/eu_constitution_all_en.txt Look for "intellectual". Laurent On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 07:51 -0400, David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Michael Geist <mgeist () pobox com> Date: May 9, 2005 7:04:21 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: IP Bullied List Needed To Counter Trade & IP Linkage [...] The IP Bullied List would include at least the following 12 countries-- Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Singapore, Morocco, Jordan, and the signatories to the Central America Free Trade Agreement (DominicanRepublic, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua). Each of these countries has reached trade agreements with the U.S. that include sizable intellectual property requirements. [...]
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