Here is another EFF open letter on the TPP, this time mainly about fair use and related protections, which I hope the Foundation will join:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/09/new-open-letter-calls-tpp-negotiators-stand-user-safeguards Text: https://www.eff.org/document/open-coalition-letter-tpp-exceptions-and-limitations-september-21-2015 Can we please get some indication of whether the Foundation intends to join these efforts? On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:46 PM, James Salsman <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is an immediate action that the Foundation could take: > http://keionline.org/node/2316 > > "Five groups, the Authors Alliance, Creative Commons, the Electronic > Frontier Foundation (EFF), Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) and > New Media Rights have written to Ambassador Froman at USTR, asking > that the TPP not adopt measures that would prevent the Congress from > enacting legislation to limit the remedies for copyright infringement > that were proposed by the Register of Copyrights in June 2015, to > expand access to orphan copyrighted works." > > Copy of letter: > http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/31Aug2015-orphan-works-USTR-TPP-letter-5groups.pdf > > Here is more detailed background: http://keionline.org/node/2309 > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> While the TTIP (EU-US) treaty is so far steering clear of any copyright >> provisions, TPP (US and Pacific countries) seems to have plenty to offer on >> this issue, including term lengths and orphan works. >> >> I haven't had time to read into it, but there's a WaPo article that can be >> accessed without running into a paywall: >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/09/03/in-a-dark-corner-of-the-trans-pacific-partnership-lurks-some-pretty-nasty-copyright-law/ >> >> Cheers, >> Dimi >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >> _______________________________________________ Publicpolicy mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy
