Re: [d@DCC] RE: Official government release on copyright bill C-60

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: General Copyright Discussions <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:15:59 -0400 (EDT)
References: <459F05C5CBAB824BB3DD965CC92BBFEA065E49C7@swan.spectrumsignal.com> <jbm.20050627121152.08446591@alkaid.pc9>

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Jem wrote:

> Also worth mentioning that WIPO originated from the USA to begin with. This
> is American legislation that industry lobbied for, and via WIPO the
> legislation is being pressed into law worldwide (US, EU, Canada)

   Use the term "policy laundering" as it gets the appropriately negative 
connotation across.

   I believe the proposed legislation from the NII Lehman report went 
nowhere, and it was only when this same backward-facing policy was brought 
back to the USA via WIPO that the process towards the DMCA took off.  I 
suspect if it were not for this dishonest policy laundering through WIPO 
that domestic opposition to this policy would have meant that the DMCA 
would never have existed.

-- 
  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
  1800+ Canadians oppose Bill C-60 which protects antiquated Recording,
  Motion Picture and "software manufacturing" industries from change...
  Sign the Petition Users' Rights! http://digital-copyright.ca/petition/
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