organization:world intellectual property organization

WIPO Didn’t Want The Pirate Party To Observe Its Efforts, But Happy To Include A Group Whose Mission Is To Battle Space Lizards

▻https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180528/21243939931/wipo-didnt-want-pirate-party-to-observe-efforts-happy-to-include-group-who

You may recall five years ago how WIPO — the World Intellectual Property Organization, a UN body that is famous for its maximalist and expansionary approach to intellectual property — delayed and then rejected the Pirate Parties International request to become an “observer.” As we noted, the “observer” process is more or less a formality, and it’s pretty common to see everyone who applies get approved. So it was a bit odd that WIPO rejected the Pirates.

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And it’s even odder when you consider just who WIPO allowed in this year. As noted by Intellectual Property Watch, one of the organizations whose application was rubber-stamped this year to become a WIPO observer is that of the generically named “IP Centre.” However, that group’s website at the time that it was granted observer status claimed the following as its mission:

Our mission

As a global conspiracy investigation institution with a pioneering awareness raising model, our mission is to create an environment that brings together open-minded people, cultures and ideas from around the world, in order to free individuals and organizations from space lizards’ control.

Let me just repeat that again. WIPO — which rejected the application of a political party for whom intellectual property is a central plank in its platform — instead approved a group whose stated mission on its website was to free us from “space lizards’ control.”.

EU blocks progress on international #copyright reform for libraries (again)
▻http://eifl.net/news/eu-blocks-progress-international-copyright-reform-libraries-again

"Once again, the European Union (EU) has blocked progress at the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) that met in Geneva from 29 June-3 July 2015. And this time, the EU is more isolated.

The Committee is discussing copyright laws that would aid libraries and archives in fulfilling their missions in a global, digital environment. EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) and representatives of international library and archive organizations, observed the European Union refuse to engage in meaningful discussions that would enable an effective global information infrastructure for access to (...)

#propriétéintellectuelle #savoirs #culture #éducation

Blind advocates: Hollywood lobbying threatens deal for accessible books | Ars Technica
▻http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/blind-advocates-hollywood-lobbying-threatens-deal-for-accessible-books

For the last several years, negotiators at the World Intellectual Property Organization have been working on a copyright treaty that would make it easier for blind people to get accessible versions of books, like well-annotated audio books or large-print editions. But aggressive lobbying by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the Association of American Publishers (AAP), and other US copyright interests threatens to derail the negotiations, according to several advocates for the blind who spoke to Ars.

#copyright #traité_international #handicap #aveugles

Cet article très drôle pousse jusqu’à l’absurde la loi américaine qui décrète que les États-Unis cesseront de participer à tout organisme international qui reconnaîtrait la Palestine comme État indépendant.

Beyonce Knowles and the Looming Crisis at the UN | UN Dispatch
►http://www.undispatch.com/beyonce-knowles-and-the-looming-crisis-at-the-un

But the effect would be felt far beyond UNESCO. Several smaller UN agencies — including World Intellectual Property Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the UN Conference on Trade and Development — tie their own membership to other UN agencies. This means that when one UN agency accepts a new member, these three UN agencies automatically accept the new member as well. Once UNESCO admits Palestine, these other UN agencies will automatically admit Palestine as well…and the United States will be forced to automatically pull out.

Most Americans probably have not heard of these agencies. But I know at least one American who has heard of the World Intellectual Property Organization: Beyonce Knowles. In 2010, Beyonce brought a complaint before WIPO alleging that an online perfume vendor using the domain name www.BeyonceFragrances.com was a “cyber-squatter” who is violating her trademark. She won the case.