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RE: [atlarge-discuss] Lawrence Lessig at the U.S. Supreme Court

Stephen Waters wrote:

| Depending on the scope of the ruling, it could put the U.S.
| in violation
| of the WIPO Copyright Treaty which started the whole thing in
| the first
| place.

Considering WIPO also spawned the Digital Mellinium Copyright Act, this is
not a ringng endorsement!

Besides, WIPO cannot and must not trump the US Constitution in the US.  But
that is probably off topic for this forum.


Bruce Young
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Lockheed Martin Information Technology
Phone: 503.532.9834
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: Stephen Waters [mailto:swaters@amicus.com]
| Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:21 AM
| To: espresso@e-scape.net
| Cc: At-Large Discussion List; cpi-ua@vcn.bc.ca
| Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] Lawrence Lessig at the U.S.
| Supreme Court
|
|
| On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 12:43, espresso@e-scape.net wrote:
| > If Lessig's argument succeeds, there will undoubtedly be
| repercussions
| > beyond the field of copyright on Disney characters.
|
| Depending on the scope of the ruling, it could put the U.S.
| in violation
| of the WIPO Copyright Treaty which started the whole thing in
| the first
| place.
|
| More Info:
| http://www.haledorr.com/publications/pubsdetail.asp?ID=8252512002
| ---
| Thirty-five countries, including the United States and Japan, have now
| ratified the WCT. Additionally, in May 2001, the European
| Union adopted
| the EU Information Society Directive, which requires member states to
| enact legislation necessary to implement the WIPO treaties by December
| 22, 2002. Canada and Russia, however, have not acceded to the
| treaties.
| ---
|
| WCT party states:
| http://www.wipo.int/treaties/documents/english/pdf/s-wct.pdf
|


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