IP Justice Past Campaigns:
WSIS was a United Nations iniative, conducted in 2 phases: the first in Geneva in 2003, and the final phase in 2005 in Tunisia. WSIS was intended to bring governments, business, and members of civil society into a dialogue on development issues for the Information Age.
The CODE campaign was an international coalition of civil liberties groups and consumer rights initiatives working together to protect consumer rights, innovation, and competition and reform the most dangerous provisions of the first European Union Directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property (EU IPRED 1). After some improvements (not all), IPRED passed the EU Parliament in March 2004 and EU countries were given 24 months to implement the Directive into national law.
The FTAA Treaty was a failed attempt by the United States Government to conclude a hemisphere-wide trade pact on a broad range of issues, including imposing more restrictive intellectual property rights laws on all countries in the America’s (except Cuba). FTAA negotiations stalled in 2005 and have splintered into a series of bilateral negotiations between the US and other countries.
25 Jun, 2007: Esther Dyson, David Gross, Michael Froomkin, and Tim Wu On the Future of Internet Governance 
Dyson: "The saving grace of ICANN as far as I’m concerned is that it’s widely considered to be illegitimate, and therefore it has very little power. If it were considered legitimate, and could actually do a lot, with impunity, it would be a very dangerous organization. But, as it is, it’s pretty hamstrung and nothing much actually happens, which is ...
18 May, 2007: 2007 Report: IP Justice on WIPO in Global Information Society Watch
I've written a chapter about the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in a new report entitled "Global Information Society Watch" published by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and (iTeM). Besides WIPO, the report includes a number ...
30 Apr, 2007: Global Information Society Watch - Launch of the 2007 Report
Click on above title for more info on book launch on 22 May 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting is open to the public and is part of the WSIS cluster of events in Switzerland in late May 2007.
2 Oct, 2006: WIPO General Assembly Puts Brakes on Broadcast Treaty, Overrules Chairman
The 42nd General Assembly called for 2 additional meetings in 2007 to work out the many contentious provisions in the proposed Broadcast Treaty. ... the General Assembly decided “the Diplomatic Conference will be convened IF such agreement is achieved.” Read IP Justice's Report .....
6 Jul, 2006: European Parliament Resolution on Freedom of Expression on the Internet
24 Jan, 2006: Photos from FTAA Santiago Meeting
30 Nov, 2005: 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 ...
19 Sep, 2005: WIPO Report on the Online Forum on Intellectual Property in the Information Society
19 Sep, 2005: WIPO, WSIS Meetings Highlight Growing Digital Policy Divide (Michael Geist)
31 Dec, 2004: 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 with Cuba, ...
2 Oct, 2006: WIPO General Assembly Puts Brakes on Broadcast Treaty, Overrules Chairman
The 42nd General Assembly called for 2 additional meetings in 2007 to work out the many contentious provisions in the proposed Broadcast Treaty. ... the General Assembly decided “the Diplomatic Conference will be convened IF such agreement is achieved.” Read IP Justice's Report .....
12 Mar, 2004: Report from EDRI on the Passage of the EU IP Enforcement Directive
EDRi Report on the Passage of the EU IP Enforcement Directive
EU ADOPTS CONTESTED IPR ENFORCEMENT DIRECTIVE
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On 9 March ...
11 Mar, 2004: EurActive coverage of IP Rights
11 Mar, 2004: EurActiv Report on Passage of Directive, with Links and Positions
10 Mar, 2004: Roll Call Vote Tally with Analysis from AEL (Association Electronique LIBRE)
9 Mar, 2004: La Comunita’ Europea fa passare una pericolosa legge sulla proprieta’ intellettuale nonostante il conflitto di interessi del MEP: Via libera alle perquisizioni notturne effettuate dall’industria discografica [Italian]
March 9, 2004Contact: Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director
email: robin@ipjustice.org
phone: +1 415-553-6261 - in San Francisco
La Comunita' Europea fa passare una pericolosa legge sulla proprieta' intellettuale nonostante il conflitto di interessi del MEP
Via libera alle perquisizioni notturne effettuate dall'industria ...
9 Mar, 2004: EU Passes Dangerous IP Law, Despite MEP’s Conflict of Interest: “Midnight Knocks” by Recording Industry Get Go-Ahead
March 9, 2004Contact: Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director
email: robin@ipjustice.org
phone: +33 (0)3 88 15 49 00 (room 330) - in Strasbourg
phone: +1 415-553-6261 - in San Francisco
EU Passes Dangerous IP Law, Despite MEP’s Conflict of Interest
“Midnight Knocks” by Recording Industry Executives Get Go-Ahead ...
9 Mar, 2004: Comments by MEP Cappato translated into English
Remarks of Italian MEP Marco Cappato - EU Plenary Debate 9 March 2004
(Translation from Italian):
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Mr. President, unlike President Imbeni, I ...
9 Mar, 2004: Full text of 9 March EU Parliament Debate Now Available
Debate on March 9, 2004
(Posted March 12, 2004)
See MEP Cappato's speech
See MEP MacCormick's speech
TOPIC:
Propiedad intelectual
Intellektuelle ejendomsrettigheder
Schutz der Rechte an geistigem Eigentum
Intellectual property
Propriétté intellectuelle
Proprietà intellettuale
Intellectuele-eigendomsrechten
Propriedade intelectual
Tekijännoikeudet Immaterialrättter
2-025
Presidente. ...
9 Mar, 2004: Report from Laurence Vandewalle of EU Green Party on passage of EU IP Enforcement Directive
2 Oct, 2006: WIPO General Assembly Puts Brakes on Broadcast Treaty, Overrules Chairman
The 42nd General Assembly called for 2 additional meetings in 2007 to work out the many contentious provisions in the proposed Broadcast Treaty. ... the General Assembly decided “the Diplomatic Conference will be convened IF such agreement is achieved.” Read IP Justice's Report .....
12 Mar, 2004: Report from EDRI on the Passage of the EU IP Enforcement Directive
EDRi Report on the Passage of the EU IP Enforcement Directive
EU ADOPTS CONTESTED IPR ENFORCEMENT DIRECTIVE
===================================================
On 9 March ...
11 Mar, 2004: EurActive coverage of IP Rights
11 Mar, 2004: EurActiv Report on Passage of Directive, with Links and Positions
10 Mar, 2004: Roll Call Vote Tally with Analysis from AEL (Association Electronique LIBRE)
9 Mar, 2004: Full text of 9 March EU Parliament Debate Now Available
Debate on March 9, 2004
(Posted March 12, 2004)
See MEP Cappato's speech
See MEP MacCormick's speech
TOPIC:
Propiedad intelectual
Intellektuelle ejendomsrettigheder
Schutz der Rechte an geistigem Eigentum
Intellectual property
Propriétté intellectuelle
Proprietà intellettuale
Intellectuele-eigendomsrechten
Propriedade intelectual
Tekijännoikeudet Immaterialrättter
2-025
Presidente. ...
9 Mar, 2004: Report from Laurence Vandewalle of EU Green Party on passage of EU IP Enforcement Directive
9 Mar, 2004: Press Release from the European Telecommunications Network Operators Association (ETNO) (Word Document)
9 Mar, 2004: Press Release from EFA and the European Green Party on the Passage of the EU IP Enforcement Directive
9 Mar, 2004: 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 beschlossene Richtlinie zur Durchsetzung von Geistigem Eigentum. ...
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9 Mar, 2004: La Comunita’ Europea fa passare una pericolosa legge sulla proprieta’ intellettuale nonostante il conflitto di interessi del MEP: Via libera alle perquisizioni notturne effettuate dall’industria discografica [Italian]
March 9, 2004Contact: Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director
email: robin@ipjustice.org
phone: +1 415-553-6261 - in San Francisco
La Comunita' Europea fa passare una pericolosa legge sulla proprieta' intellettuale nonostante il conflitto di interessi del MEP
Via libera alle perquisizioni notturne effettuate dall'industria ...
9 Mar, 2004: EU Passes Dangerous IP Law, Despite MEP’s Conflict of Interest: “Midnight Knocks” by Recording Industry Get Go-Ahead
March 9, 2004Contact: Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director
email: robin@ipjustice.org
phone: +33 (0)3 88 15 49 00 (room 330) - in Strasbourg
phone: +1 415-553-6261 - in San Francisco
EU Passes Dangerous IP Law, Despite MEP’s Conflict of Interest
“Midnight Knocks” by Recording Industry Executives Get Go-Ahead ...
2 Mar, 2004: Una Coalizione Esorta a Respingere la Controversa Direttiva Europea sulla Propriet` Intellettuale [French]
2 Marzo, 2004
Una Coalizione Esorta a Respingere la Controversa Direttiva Europea sulla Propriet` Intellettuale
Una coalizazione internazionale di gruppi per i diritti dei consumatori e per le libert` civili stanno organizzando una manifestazione e una conferenza stampa ...
2 Mar, 2004: Coalition Urges Rejection of Controversial EU IP Directive
23 Feb, 2004: Controversial Intellectual Property Law Rushes EU Parliament: European Consumers Face “Nuclear Weapons” of IP Law Enforcement
19 Feb, 2004: Europe’s New IP Law: “You’ll Just Have to Trust Us” - From Foundation for Free Information Infrastructure UK
14 Feb, 2004: EU Poised to Attack P2P File-Sharers and Punish Non-Commercial Infringements
14 February 2004
Contact: Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director
+1 415-553-6261 robin@ipjustice.org
European Union Poised to Attack P2P File-Sharers
IP Enforcement Directive Targets Non-Commercial Infringements
The final weeks of the European Union's push to enact the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive are heating up with a battle ...
24 Oct, 2003: Fourtou Proposes EU Law to Send European P2P File-Sharers to Prison
Fourtou Proposes EU Law to Send European P2P File-Sharers to Prison
Urges Controversial Amendment to Intellectual Property Enforcement Directive
The battle over the proposed EU IP Enforcement Directive grows more contentious. Due in part to the growing public criticism over the EU Commission’s draft, which threatens civil liberties and market competition, 199 amendments have been ...
11 Aug, 2003: International Civil Liberties Coalition Urges Rejection of IP Enforcement Directive
International Civil Liberties Coalition Urges Rejection of IP Enforcement Directive
Campaign for an Open Digital Environment (CODE) Sends Letter to EU to Protect Consumer Rights and Competition
An international coalition of 50 civil liberties groups and consumer rights campaigns sent a letter to the European Union today urging rejection of the proposed ...
25 Jun, 2007: Esther Dyson, David Gross, Michael Froomkin, and Tim Wu On the Future of Internet Governance
Dyson: "The saving grace of ICANN as far as I’m concerned is that it’s widely considered to be illegitimate, and therefore it has very little power. If it were considered legitimate, and could actually do a lot, with impunity, it would be a very dangerous organization. But, as it is, it’s pretty hamstrung and nothing much actually happens, which is ...
18 May, 2007: 2007 Report: IP Justice on WIPO in Global Information Society Watch
I've written a chapter about the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in a new report entitled "Global Information Society Watch" published by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and (iTeM). Besides WIPO, the report includes a number ...
30 Apr, 2007: Global Information Society Watch - Launch of the 2007 Report
Click on above title for more info on book launch on 22 May 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting is open to the public and is part of the WSIS cluster of events in Switzerland in late May 2007.
6 Jul, 2006: European Parliament Resolution on Freedom of Expression on the Internet
30 Nov, 2005: 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 ...
19 Sep, 2005: WIPO Report on the Online Forum on Intellectual Property in the Information Society
19 Sep, 2005: WIPO, WSIS Meetings Highlight Growing Digital Policy Divide (Michael Geist)
31 Dec, 2003: News coverage of December 2003 WSIS meeting
AudioBerkman Coverage of the December, 2003 WSIS Meeting
Audio coverage of the WSIS Meeting
Berkman Center at Harvard University
WSIS Civil Society Declaration English | Español | Français to contrast with official WSIS declaration, which ignores human rights and civil liberties:
11 December 2003 (.pdf)
"Civil society group ...
21 Dec, 2003: Civil Society Rejects Official WSIS Declaration of Principles: Publishes Own Declaration to Protect Civil Liberties in Information Society
21 Dec, 2003: IP Justice Report from Phase I of the World Summit on the Information Society
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