tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post7020641061980504347..comments2024-03-19T08:36:55.274+00:00Comments on The IPKat: ACTA gets a bit of a Euro-thumbs-downVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-65855386638394352062012-06-22T14:01:30.925+01:002012-06-22T14:01:30.925+01:00The new instrument could be called IPKAT - the Int...The new instrument could be called IPKAT - the Intellectual Property Kounterfeiting Abatement Treaty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-40597074280643985242012-06-22T13:56:18.028+01:002012-06-22T13:56:18.028+01:00By all means, bring it back ASAP!
Let's call ...By all means, bring it back ASAP!<br /><br />Let's call it "CATNIP" (Coalition Against Theft & Nullification of Intellectual Property).<br /><br />That way, followers of the IPKat will be more engaged and less enraged.Hans Sachsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-50643027382112636932012-06-22T10:12:27.972+01:002012-06-22T10:12:27.972+01:00ACTA, whatever its merits may be, is yet another a...ACTA, whatever its merits may be, is yet another attempt at government by treaty to the exclusion of national parliaments. And for that reason alone it should fail.<br />(ACTA - Another Covert Treaty Attempt???)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-68868635052152442772012-06-22T01:33:22.929+01:002012-06-22T01:33:22.929+01:00To answer Merpel's questions, all the campaign...To answer Merpel's questions, all the campaigners expect the copyright lobby to try again under a different name, and we'll be out on the streets in even bigger numbers when they do, because this time we know from the outset that the battle is going to be winnable. ACTA, SOPA, PIPA, TPP... rebranding isn't the answer, we're wise to that. It's true that lot of what ACTA includes is already in place, but the important point is that it's in place as repealable national laws. The reason the copyright lobby put so much effort into a treaty that the EU Commissioners claimed didn't actually change anything is because international treaties can be used to draw a line in the sand - signing ACTA means countries would have massive obstacles to overcome to reform copyright. Throughout the orphan rights discussions, sensible solutions have been dismissed because we'd have to leave the Berne Convention to implement them. ACTA is an attempt to similarly pre-empt copyright reform by putting countries in a position where they can't do things like legalising file sharing 20 years from now because they will have been ACTA signatories at the EU level for 20 years at that point as well as Berne signatories at a national level.<br /><br />Where do we go from here? Looking at it from the wining side today, I think it's pretty clear... we take down TPP, then we take down Berne.Andrew Robinsonhttp://www.pirateparty.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-29480386920462471422012-06-21T18:40:13.017+01:002012-06-21T18:40:13.017+01:00It suited the 'internet freedom' lobby to ...It suited the 'internet freedom' lobby to make out that ACTA was 'secret' when in reality there is nothing unusual in trade negotiations being held in camera, and the EU Commission (which negotiated ACTA on behalf of all member states) responded openly to calls for information. Had ACTA remained an anti-counterfeiting treaty, none of that online anti-ACTA campaign would have happened, and it would have been ratified by now. The later inclusion of copyright, which automatically added layers of problematic issues to the mix, e.g. about free access to digital content, has unfortunately scuppered ACTA, as many of us thought it might. It now seems likely that trade mark owners will be permanently deprived of a new 'gold standard' for IPR enforcement and the global solution ACTA would have helped to provide, to address a growing global problem - the trade in fakes on the internet.Ruth Orchard Anti-Counterfeiting Groupnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-17205684053582241522012-06-21T18:18:14.778+01:002012-06-21T18:18:14.778+01:00No surprise really. Much of arguments could alread...No surprise really. Much of arguments could already be appreciated during the EP INTA workshop on ACTA earlier this year. See http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/EN/committees/video?event=20120301-1500-COMMITTEE-INTA&category=COMMITTEE&format=wmv#A. Kamperman Sandershttp://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Main/Sitewide/Content/IGIRPresentsACTAStudyAtEuropeanParliament.htmnoreply@blogger.com