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US Weighs Copyright As Barrier To Grey Market Imports
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| New Tactic: Copyright
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| Because trademark law often cannot stop
| the import of grey market goods, a growing
| number of brand owners are trying a new
| tactic. They are using copyright law to
| protect their markets in the US. (This
| tactic doesnât work well in Europe because
| the EU lacks a single, harmonised approach
| to copyright law, according to Klett.)
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/12/23/us-weighs-copyright-as-barrier-to-grey-market-imports/
Faking the arguments for ACTA
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| Admitted, I trust him. Dr. Paul RÃbig is a
| great MEP from Austria, where he
| represents the Austrian Christian
| Democratic party (ÃVP) in the Industry
| committee. I know him as a fierce and
| passionate supporter of small and medium
| sized companies and European
| entrepreneurs.
|
| Admitted, counterfeiting of goods is a
| problem for the European Union. Though
| references to the scape goat nations
| shift: when the first enforcement
| directive was in Parliament âEastern
| Europeanâ counterfeiters took the blame.
| Now the Eastern European problem seems to
| have vanished and other âhordesâ are said
| to threaten us. I am cautious to describe
| his remarks as âracistsâ. Europe faces
| immigration pressure from Africa, labour
| protection of immigrants is a problem and
| European manufacturers perceive
| counterfeiting as a challenge. I also
| prefer straight talk over superficial
| political correctness. How on earth does
| all this relate to ACTA? Listen to Dr.
| RÃbig:
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| We have to consider what the
| superficiality does to our political
| culture. Cheap enemy advocacy schemes used
| by the Commission and lobby stakeholders
| fire back on conservative values, and lead
| to the kind of brainstorming we witness in
| the video. What do we expect when a person
| from the DG Trade makes his arrogant jokes
| on China?
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http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/faking-the-arguments-for-acta/
Recent:
And the draft of the ACTA reply to me in English
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| So here is a Council draft document in
| English to the reply to my secondary
| request for document access related to an
| ACTA criminal provisions document.
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http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/and-the-draft-of-the-acta-reply-to-me-in-english/
ACTA secondary application answered
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| Formally, I could go to Court now or
| invoke the ombudsman.
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http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/acta-secondary-application-answered/
Wikileaks is in trouble.
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| Despite frequent press confusion, Wikileaks
| is nothing to do with Wikimedia at all â
| âwikiâ is a generic term for âmass-editable
| websiteâ and they use MediaWiki, but
| thereâs no connection.
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http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2009/12/21/wikileaks-is-in-trouble/
UK air traffic control goes after Wikileaks
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| The National Aviation and Transport Services
| (NATS) is threatening legal action against
| Wikileaks because the website has published
| a recording of the crashing of BA flight
| 038, call sign Speedbird 38, which came down
| just short of the Heathrow runway in 2008.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/09/wikileaks_legal/
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