Internet governance issues on which IP Justice engages include: Accountability of Internet Governance Institutions, Multi-Stakeholderism, the Role of Governments, Civil Society, Domain Name Policy, International Relations, Democracy, Justice, Transparency, Internet Freedom, Development, Human Rights, Whois Privacy Policy, Cross-Border Jurisdiction and the Limits of National Sovereignty in Cyberspace
Internet governance venues in which IP Justice participates include: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Net Mundial, ITU World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
NCUC Statement on ICANN’s Introduction of New gTLDs
NONCOMMERCIAL CONSTITUENCY COMMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE GNSO IN RESPONSE TO THE CALL FOR COMMENTS ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR NEW gTLDs January 31, 2006 The Noncommercial Users Constituency has duly considered the questions and issues raised by the GNSO in this proceeding, and we respectfully submit our comments below. [...]
Publications Archive
IP Justice Statement on Broadcasting Treaty and Webcasting at 2005 WIPO General Assembly Published 23 November 2005 IP Justice Statement Supporting Chile's Proposal for an Examination of Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright Published 22 November 2005 IP Justice Speech at World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis Published 18 [...]
Archive of documents from 2005 and prior
2005 General Assembly 5 Oct. 2005 IP Justice Media Release on 2005 General Assembly Meeting 4 Oct. 2005 WIPO Press Release 425 "Member States Agree to Continue Development Agenda" 3 Oct. 2005 Text of Agreement of WIPO General Assembly on Development Agenda 3 Oct. 2005 IP-Watch, "New Committee for WIPO [...]
Archive of documents from 2005 and prior
Documents Related to the proposed WIPO the Broadcasting Treaty in 2005: 30 Nov. 2005 James Love: "The UN/WIPO Plan to Regulate Distribution of Info on the Net - Every Transmitter to Become an Owner" 23 Nov. 2005 IP Justice Statement on the Proposed Broadcasting Treaty at 13th Session of SCCR [...]
Press Clippings Archive
All press clippings prior to January 1, 2006
Information about the Tunis Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society
Information about the Tunis Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society 14 -19 November 2005 in Tunis 30 Nov. 2005: IP-Watch, "Intellectual Property Rights Issues Kept Off WSIS Agenda" 25 Nov. 2005: Civil Society Letter to Kofi Annan reguarding human rights abuses at Tunis Summit IP Justice Executive [...]
Archive of news from 2004 and prior
11/23/2004 Updates WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Discussions end in Controversy, Confusion Broadcasting treaty will subvert rights of creators, say critics New Broadcasting Treaty Makes Progress at WIPO WIPO sidelines US' bid to include webcasting under copyright protection 11/19/2004 Updates Public Interest Groups Face Uphill Battle at WIPO 11/4/2004 Updates WIPO Secretariat [...]
Archive of documents from 2004 and prior
Free Trade Implementation Bill, IP Chapter http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jsct/usafta/report/chapter16.pdf Trade bill in the Australian house, introduced at the request of the United States. Strongly opposed by education sector, librarians, civil libertarians, and economists. "Libraries Caught in Copyright Changes" The Age (AU) Transcript of Canberra Hearing in Australian Senate on trade bill aph.gov.au
Archive of documents from 2004 and prior
Japan "File-sharing professor arrested for developing software" The Inquirer (UK) May 11, 2004 "Professor arrested over P2P software First such arrest of file-sharing developer in Japan " MS-NBC (USA) May 10, 2004
Archive of documents from 2004 and prior
Campaign for an Open Digital Environment (CODE) www.IPJustice.org/CODE/ CODE is an international coalition of civil liberties groups and consumers' rights organizations to protect innovation, competition, and consumers' rights against the proposed EU Directive on Enforcement of Intellectual Property. "Protecting Civil Liberties, Competition and Innovation in the EU Intellectual Property Rights [...]
Archive of documents from 2004 and prior
"Consumer Rights Under Fire: 321 Studios and the Demise of Fair Use" IP Justice Report March, 2004 Canadian P2P Decisions A series of decisions from 2003-4 that upheld consumers' rights to privacy and Fair Use in Canada. May 6, 2004. "Digital Copyright Question: Fair Use of Karaoke CDGs" IP Justice [...]
Archive of news from 2004 and prior
News is listed in the order that it was posted, which may not be the order in which it was initially published. 11/5/2004 Updates New Chinese regulation to protect copyrights on networks 11/3/2004 Updates The German recording industry calls for stricter rules for personal copies 11/1/2004 Updates Canadian Court Rules [...]
Archive of news from 2004 and prior
News is listed in the order that it was posted, which may not be the order in which it was initially published. 11/5/2004 Updates Miami Trademarks "Gateway to the Americas" US Insists on FTAA Negotiations 11/3/2004 Updates FTAA Unable to Come Into Existence Before 2007 10/19/2004 Updates Trinidad Newspaper: Standing [...]
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 [...]
Archive of news from 2004 and prior
14 Feb., 2004: IP Justice: EU Poised to Attack P2P File-Sharers and Punish Non-Commercial Infringements Feb. 4, 2004: IP Justice Analysis of 3 EU Proposals (Council, EP, and Commission) on Key Issues March 12, 2004: Report from EDRI on the Passage of the EU IP Enforcement Directive EurActiv Report on [...]