Showing posts with label ipred2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ipred2. Show all posts
14 April 2013

I Re-send My IPRED Letter to the European Commission

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Last week I  wrote  a letter to the European Commission about the extraordinary failure  of the  IPRED  consultation process. I certainly...

Letter to European Commission on IPRED

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Following my  post  yesterday about the extraordinary failure of the  IPRED  consultation process, I enclose below my letter sent to the ...

The Great IPRED Consultation Fiasco

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Last week I made a couple of  urgent pleas  to readers to complete the major EU  IPRED  consultation, which was being conducted on the We...
31 March 2013

Please Respond Now to Biased IPRED Consultation

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Yesterday I mentioned the important consultation on IPRED, how it was closing soon, and what a good idea it would be if you applied to ...

Please Register for the EU's IPRED Consultation *Now*

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IPRED is not that well known, even among the Net-savvy. And yet it's one of the most important EU directives that affects the onlin...
18 April 2012

ACTA Closer To Death: Remaining EU Supporters Contemplate Rejecting It

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Last week we saw the Socialists and Democrats, the second-largest bloc in the European Parliament, turn against ACTA. Combined with the ...
29 March 2011

Piracy is not Counterfeiting: Updating IPRED

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As promised, I append below a near-final draft of my response to the European Commission's consultation on IPRED. Once again, I urge you...
25 March 2011

Ready for the IPRED Consultation?

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This is just some quick advance warning that the deadline for submitting comments to the IPRED consultation is drawing near: 31 March 2011. ...
24 December 2009

ACTA as the (Fool's) "Gold Standard"

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I've noted before that at the heart of the ACTA negotiations there is a con-trick being played upon the world: insofar as the mighty on...
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02 April 2009

"Piracy Law" Cuts *Traffic* not "Piracy"

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This story is everywhere today: Internet traffic in Sweden fell by 33% as the country's new anti-piracy law came into effect, reports s...
19 November 2008

Straight Talking About the Unspeakable ACTA

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I and many others have written a fair amount about the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA). We'd doubtless write far more, were more...
16 August 2007

Paying the Price of Intellectual Monopolies

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Oh look, here's unnecessary, Draconian intellectual monopoly regulation that has major negative consequences : An unexpected implication...
25 April 2007

EU + IPRED2 = EUdiots

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What were they thinking ? The European Parliament today accepted the IP Criminal Measures directive after its first reading in a vote of 374...
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23 April 2007

Making All the Right Connections

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This is a tiny footnote to the larger story of the imminent IPRED2 vote, but I think in its own way it's a fine parable about the power ...

IPRED2: Last Chance to Act

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If you are a citizen of the European Union: A coalition of groups representing librarians, consumers' and innovators have come together ...
19 April 2007

Intellectual Monopoly Enforcement Directive

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Doesn't sound so good like that, does it? Perhaps that's why they dress it up as the Intellectual Property Enforcement Directive, w...