A comparative analysis of national laws and how they relate to privacy and ICANN's WhoIs policy. Nations analyzed include the United States, France, Australia, Japan, China, Spain, Israel, Italy, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Poland, and Barbados. NCUC's Table of National Laws and WHOIS Privacy. (.XLS)
1. Freedom of Expression 2. Privacy Rights 3. Balanced Intellectual Property Rights 4. Development Agenda for Internet Governance 5. Access to Knowledge
By IP Justice Executive Director Robin D. Gross 8 May 2006 An agreement was reached on 5 May 2006 at the conclusion of a United Nations treaty negotiation in Geneva to exclude the issue of webcasting from a controversial treaty proposal to create new rights for broadcasting companies. The UN Specialized Agency in the business [...]
IP Justice Media Release ~ 2 May 2006 Contact: Robin D. Gross, IP Justice Executive Director Telephone: +1.415.553.6261 Email: robin@ipjustice.org WIPO Debates Fate of Treaty on Broadcasting and Webcasting: Controversial Provisions Remain in Treaty Draft Over Majority Objections (Geneva)Â IP Justice is in Geneva to participate at the 14th session of the Standing Committee on [...]
This document also available in Word .doc format Top 10 Reasons to Reject the WIPO Basic Draft Proposal for a Broadcasting Treaty May 2006 1. Eliminates the public domain for audio and video programming. The WIPO copyright committee’s Basic Draft Proposal for a Broadcasting Treaty endangers the public domain for copyrighted materials. It permits broadcasting [...]
IP JUSTICE STATEMENT Regarding a Proposal for a Broadcasting Treaty at the 14th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights 1-5 May 2006 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I speak on behalf IP Justice, an international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property law. Based in San Francisco, IP Justice also [...]