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March 10, 2005
What You Can Do About WIPO
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As Cory notes over @ BoingBoing, Brazilian copyright scholar Pedro de Paranaguá Moniz has drafted a public letter urging broad reform in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -- including putting an end to the multiple procedural blockades the organization has erected to stop public-interest organizations and developing countries from fully participating in WIPO decisionmaking. At stake in the struggle is the future direction of global intellectual property law and policy and everything/everyone it impacts.
The letter invites you to sign on so you can have your signature on the letter when it's presented to WIPO. If you support transparency, participation, balance, and access in the WIPO process, I encourage you to read the letter and sign on now.
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1. Greg Burton on March 10, 2005 5:10 PM writes...
Barricades against public-interest and emerging nations are nothing new for WIPO - anyone who spent time inside the ICANN debacle around the UDRP has known that for most of a decade. I seriously doubt that any attempt for a grassroots approach to change will have the slightest effect on that entrenched interest group.
Permalink to Comment2. Donna Wentworth on March 10, 2005 5:51 PM writes...
Of course they aren't new -- but with the Development Agenda as a discussion item in April, we ought not to give up on any form of public pressure. What would be the point of letting WIPO carry out the charade unopposed, skimming below the public radar?
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