[A2k] James Boyle: Obama in Cyberspace (FT)

[Manon Ress]

In the Chair conclusions of the last SCCR:

"Views were expressed: supporting the proposal for a binding
instrument; expressing the wish for more time to analyze it;
expressing the desire to continue the work on the basis of a global
and inclusive framework; and expressing that deliberations regarding
any instrument would be premature"

"expressing that deliberations regarding any instrument would be
premature" accurately reflects Group B statement.  When the
conclusions were negotiated in the green room, the US did not break
away from Group B. It is part of Group B.  When the Report of the
meeting come out, you will have the statments of Group B and of the US
and you will maybe believe people who were at the SCCR?

The Obama adminstration and the Copyright office may be sympathetic
but as far as I know they are not supporting the treaty. Yet.

Manon

On Jun 18, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Robert Martinengo wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Manon
> Ress<manon.ress@keionline.org> wrote:
>> Obama in cyberspace By James Boyle
> ... But the final straw may be the Obama administration=92s opposition
> to a proposal on copyright exceptions for the visually impaired. ...
> It is backed by a number of developing countries and opposed =96 quietly
> =96 by the US and most of the European Union....
>
> What is the deal here people? I will pay $10 to the first person who
> provides proof that the Obama administration opposes, quietly or
> otherwise, the WBU treaty (that is, a documented comment from a
> government official, not James Love's tweets from Geneva). Get it
> right or get off it already.
>
> People might want to read what Maria Pallante from the US Copyright
> Office wrote on Jim Fruchtermans blog:
>
> "...In the months ahead, we also will be looking at the Chafee
> Amendment to see how it (and other provisions of U.S. law) would
> interact with the treaty proposal that was tabled by Brazil, Ecuador
> and Paraguay at the WIPO meeting. Because copyright treaties are
> implemented through the national laws of member states, this is an
> essential step in analyzing the proposal and one for which the U.S.
> government will continue to solicit the views of stakeholders...."
>
> https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3D5979923&postID=3D1969469041493=
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