A free and open Internet is a prerequisite for innovation policy that promotes the positive health and growth of the Internet. Other innovation policy issues on which IP Justice engages include Permissionless Innovation, Open Technology Standards, Artificial Intelligence, Reverse Engineering, Software Patents, and Limitations on Liability of Internet Service Providers and Other Intermediaries including Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as well as contributory copyright infringement.
Buy the Numbers: Publishers Seek Special Database Monopoly Protections
By Robin Gross - A new open-access online medical journal database teaches African doctors with no research budgets about new medicines and surgical techniques. Scientists are able to study the "greenhouse effect" because weather data is made freely available to the public over the Internet. Electronic databases have proliferated in recent years, creating new information products and services for the public. The availability of information databases fuels innovation by lowering the costs of research and development and spreading knowledge to new sectors. ...
Circumvention Prohibitions Reconsidered: Why America’s Mistake is Europe’s Future
Circumvention Prohibitions Reconsidered: Why America's Mistake is Europe's Future By Robin D. Gross, IP Justice I. US and EU Pressured to Outlaw Consumer Circumvention Today lawmakers all over the world are both dreaming of the opportunities and grappling with the challenges that digital technology creates for authors and distributors of [...]
ICANN Threatens Civil Rights of Website Owners: Intellectual Property Interests Govern Use of Personal Information
IP Justice Comments on ICANN WHOIS Preliminary Reports 5 July 2004 view as .doc view as .pdf ICANN Threatens Civil Rights of Website Owners: Intellectual Property Interests Govern Use of Personal Information July 5, 2004 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Attention: Whois Task Force [...]
Comments by MEP Cappato translated into English
Remarks of Italian MEP Marco Cappato - EU Plenary Debate 9 March 2004 (Translation from Italian): - - - - - - - Mr. President, unlike President Imbeni, I have no reason to celebrate and rejoice with the procedure followed, because an early conciliation, as the President has defined it, [...]
9 March Open Letter from Markus Beckedahl Regarding IP Enforcement Directive – “Willkommen im Reich der Intellectual Property – Mafia” [German]
Open letter from Markus Beckedahl regarding passage of IPR Directive9 March, 2004 Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung vom Netzwerk Neue Medien und dem Verein zur Förderung der Freien Software in Österreich: Willkommen im Reich der Intellectual Property - Mafia Breite Koalition aus Bürgerrechts-, Freie Software- und Verbraucherschutzverbänden kritisiert scharf die heute im Europaparlament [...]
Artist Statement Opposing EU IP Enforcement Directive: John Perry Barlow
Why Artists Oppose the European Union Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive John Perry Barlow, The Grateful Dead “My name is John Perry Barlow, and I am a songwriter. I co-wrote about a quarter of the songs in the repertoire of the Grateful Dead, an American band. As an artist, I [...]
Artist Statement Opposing EU IP Enforcement Directive: Alberto Cottica
Why Artists Oppose the European Union Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive Alberto Cottica, Fiamma Fumana “As an artist and songwriter, I am fully aware that it is NOT copyright protection paying my bills. What is paying my bills is the support I get from the audience. And it would not [...]
Artist Statement Opposing EU IP Enforcement Directive: Michael Franti
Why Artists Oppose the European Union Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive Michael Franti, Spearhead “Prosecuting fans who share music files in order to prevent piracy is like outlawing sex to prevent pregnancy. I do not support the spirit of this legislation because it does more to punish fans than it [...]
Consumers Rally at EU Today Against Dangerous IP Enforcement Directive: Artists Claim Law Will Not Help Them and Will Harm Consumers
Consumers Rally at EU Today Against Dangerous IP Enforcement Directive Artists Claim Law Will Not Help Them and Will Harm Consumers Consumers, artists, and representatives of civil liberties groups from across Europe will join together today in Strasbourg, France to demonstrate against the controversial European Union Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement [...]