---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Any Mouse ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Moeller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 11:31 AM Subject: [free-sklyarov] Lessig on WIPO (short) > Here's the reply I got from Larry Lessig on the relevance of the WIPO > Copyright Treaty to the issues discussed on the list, my original > mail is also quoted below. For more on WIPO, see my summary: > > http://www.infoanarchy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/8/4/53534/20827 > > ------- Forwarded message follows ------- > Date sent: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 19:47:50 -0700 > Subject: Re: WIPO Copyright Treaty > From: Lawrence Lessig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Erik Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The treaty does push for DMCA like legislation, but most nations (even > those ratifying the treaty) have not yet enacted DMCA legislation. I > think the WIPO treaty should be opposed, so I do think it would be > good to identify this as a problem. -- > > Lessig > Stanford Law School > Crown Quadrangle > 559 Nathan Abbott Way > Stanford, CA 94305-8610 > 650.736.0999 (vx) > 650.723.8440 (fx) > 415.430.1269 x7727 (e fax) > <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > From: "Erik Moeller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Organization: Scientific Review Service > > Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 07:44:31 +0200 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: WIPO Copyright Treaty > > > > Dear Professor Lessig, > > > > as a legal expert who is familiar with the Sklyarov case, what do > > you think about the WIPO Copyright Treaty? As far as I understand > > it, it is the direct "cause" of the DMCA and similar international > > laws and was agreed on by delegates of the WIPO member nations > > during the December 1996 meeting. > > > > But member nations seem to have no actual obligation to enforce the > > treaty, and it could in fact be denounced with no consequences. Do > > you think it would make sense to > > > > - denounce the 1996 WIPO Copyright Treaty and replace the DMCA with > > more reasonable national law / repeal it - protest at the next WIPO > > copyright meeting (Nov 26-30 in Geneva) - submit papers to the WIPO > > convention - get organizations like the EFF to participate in the > > convention? > > > > I think WIPO may be a better target than the national goverments, > > since they specifically deal with these issues. What do you think? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Erik Moeller > > > > > > > > -- > > Scientific Reviewer, Freelancer, Humanist -- Berlin/Germany > > Phone: +49-30-45491008 - Web: <http://www.humanist.de/erik> > > The Origins of Peace and Violence: <http://www.violence.de> > > > > "History is full of people who, out of fear or ignorance or the lust > > for power, have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which > > truly belong to all of us. We must not let it happen again." -- Carl > > Sagan > > > > ------- End of forwarded message ------- > > -- > Scientific Reviewer, Freelancer, Humanist -- Berlin/Germany > Phone: +49-30-45491008 - Web: <http://www.humanist.de/erik> > The Origins of Peace and Violence: <http://www.violence.de> > > "History is full of people who, out of fear or ignorance or the lust > for power, have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly > belong to all of us. We must not let it happen again." -- Carl Sagan > > _______________________________________________ > free-sklyarov mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/free-sklyarov
