Thanks for raising this Allan and Rodd. Intellectual property is just one of the concerns about the FTA with the US.
UnitingJustice Australia and UnitingCare NSW.ACT have been doing work on the issue - writing submissions, speaking at rallies and on radio, and working with other community organisations. If you are interested in what the UCA has been saying to government you can read our joint submission to last year's Senate Inquiry which can be found on the UnitingJustice website: http://nat.uca.org.au/unitingjustice/resources/submissions/index.htm Regards, Elenie ____________________________________ Rev. Elenie Poulos National Director UnitingJustice Australia Uniting Church in Australia p 02.8267.4239 e [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w http://nat.uca.org.au/unitingjustice/ <http://nat.uca.org.au/unitingjustice/> subscribe to Justice News [EMAIL PROTECTED] to receive information and updates about our work send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a blank subject line and subscribe justice-news please in the body of the message > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rodd Clarkson > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 8:37 PM > To: aleggett > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Headline - Free trade deal will cost thousands of jobs: > study > > > > Personal Message: > > I wonder if others on the list are starting to get as > concerned about this free trade bit as I am? > > I'm worried about the changes to Intellectual Property that will come > about as a result. Excepting the FTA will mean that Australia will > adopt the US patents systems, and other IP related systems. > > The US Intellectual Properties laws have become a disgusting tool for > big business to stifle innovation, competition and creativity, and the > adoption of such laws will only make Australian businesses and > individual more beholden to large US corporate interests. > > I read an article recently where the author claimed (with > good evidence) > that so far, every FTA between other countries and the US has involved > signing up to US IP laws, and that the US were willing to negotiate on > almost any part of the agreement but this. The author > claimed that the > US is using these FTA's to force US IP laws on other > countries because, > regardless of what they would need to give up in the short term, this > was good for the long term interests of large US corporations. > > Sadly, IP law is complex, and as such not easy fodder for the media to > tackle, so it's been ignored for the most part. However, > these changes > to IP laws will dramatically impact on small to medium size businesses > in Australia, as well as individuals. > > > Rodd > > ------------------------------------------------------ > - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in > the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) > See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm > ------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
