EU Parliament approves anti-graduated response report
Via: Pranesh Prakash
The report pits privacy against copyright infringement, and seems to
hold that privacy will win.
The report is available at: http://bit.ly/eu-mar-26
The report pits privacy against copyright infringement, and seems to
hold that privacy will win.
The report is available at: http://bit.ly/eu-mar-26
Lectures at the Centre for Internet and Society (March 27 & 28)
Via: Pranesh Prakash
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, invites you to two
lectures this weekend. On Friday, 27 March, Patrice Riemens will speak
on 'The Dark Face of Google', and on Saturday, 28 March, Emma Ota will
speak on 'Technology and the Mediation of Place'.
'The Dark Face of Google'
==========================
* Talk by Patrice Riemens
* Date and Time
27 March 2009; 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
The extraordinary rise of Google Inc. from a 'confidential' search site
in the late nineties, the heydays of Altavista, to its present preminent
status on the internet, has attracted a lot of attention. The admirers
see Google as the incarnation of things to come, not only in information
retrieval & management, and not even on the Internet only, but in the
economy and society as a whole. The nay-sayers variously view Google as
a flattening behemoth of digital information, or as a cultural war
machine, bent on the Americanisation of the planet, and generally as a
mendacious commercial monopoly pretending to 'do no evil' while
hypocritically promoting open source, access, and life in general.
Outside this discussion stand an ever growing mass of millions of users
who ask no questions, profess neither admiration or hatred (and if so,
rather the former), but are happy to use the search engine and the many
other services provided by Google. That they hereby gladly if
unwittingly contribute to reinforcing the assets of Google, in the words
of Yann Moulier Boutang, "the only company in the world that is able to
make 14 million people work for it at any given moment, for free", is
one of the many starkly under-lighted aspects of this Internet giant's
operative mode.
'The Dark Face of Google' is the title of the book written two years ago
by the Italian Ippolita Collective, which Patrice Riemens is currently
translating. Ippolita's brief is neither eulogizing nor demonising
Google, but to understand it, especially in its less advertised aspects.
Their aim is to educate Google's users, not to wean them away from it,
and to politicise the discussion about search, digital services, and the
management of information and knowledge in general. Patrice Riemens will
discuss a few points in this context.
* The ways in which Google determines, undermines, or enforces existing
power and knowledge structures
* The Google Books Project and how it reinforces IPR tyranny
* Google's local policies and how they affect fundamental civil liberties
This talk, like Ippolita's book, is intended as a general, informed
introduction to an issue that has been insufficiently discussed, due to
media hype, and the apparent innocuousness of a readily available,
extremely fast and effective, free, Internet service.
* Speaker
Patrice Riemens is a social geographer by education and a private
intellectual and internet activist by choice. He is a promoter of Open
Knowledge and Free Software, and has been involved as a "FLOSSopher" (a
'philosopher' of the Free/Libre and Open Source Software movements) at
the Asia Source and Africa Source camps, held to promote FLOSS among
non-governmental organisations. He is a member of the Dutch hackers'
group Hippies from Hell.
He has formerly worked with De Waag Center for Old and New Media, an
institute housed in an old castle in Amsterdam, on the cutting edge of
technology, culture, education and industry. Patrice has also been on
the staff of Multitudes, a French philosophical, political and artistic
monthly journal founded in 2000 by Yann Moulier-Boutang.
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, invites you to two
lectures this weekend. On Friday, 27 March, Patrice Riemens will speak
on 'The Dark Face of Google', and on Saturday, 28 March, Emma Ota will
speak on 'Technology and the Mediation of Place'.
'The Dark Face of Google'
==========================
* Talk by Patrice Riemens
* Date and Time
27 March 2009; 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
The extraordinary rise of Google Inc. from a 'confidential' search site
in the late nineties, the heydays of Altavista, to its present preminent
status on the internet, has attracted a lot of attention. The admirers
see Google as the incarnation of things to come, not only in information
retrieval & management, and not even on the Internet only, but in the
economy and society as a whole. The nay-sayers variously view Google as
a flattening behemoth of digital information, or as a cultural war
machine, bent on the Americanisation of the planet, and generally as a
mendacious commercial monopoly pretending to 'do no evil' while
hypocritically promoting open source, access, and life in general.
Outside this discussion stand an ever growing mass of millions of users
who ask no questions, profess neither admiration or hatred (and if so,
rather the former), but are happy to use the search engine and the many
other services provided by Google. That they hereby gladly if
unwittingly contribute to reinforcing the assets of Google, in the words
of Yann Moulier Boutang, "the only company in the world that is able to
make 14 million people work for it at any given moment, for free", is
one of the many starkly under-lighted aspects of this Internet giant's
operative mode.
'The Dark Face of Google' is the title of the book written two years ago
by the Italian Ippolita Collective, which Patrice Riemens is currently
translating. Ippolita's brief is neither eulogizing nor demonising
Google, but to understand it, especially in its less advertised aspects.
Their aim is to educate Google's users, not to wean them away from it,
and to politicise the discussion about search, digital services, and the
management of information and knowledge in general. Patrice Riemens will
discuss a few points in this context.
* The ways in which Google determines, undermines, or enforces existing
power and knowledge structures
* The Google Books Project and how it reinforces IPR tyranny
* Google's local policies and how they affect fundamental civil liberties
This talk, like Ippolita's book, is intended as a general, informed
introduction to an issue that has been insufficiently discussed, due to
media hype, and the apparent innocuousness of a readily available,
extremely fast and effective, free, Internet service.
* Speaker
Patrice Riemens is a social geographer by education and a private
intellectual and internet activist by choice. He is a promoter of Open
Knowledge and Free Software, and has been involved as a "FLOSSopher" (a
'philosopher' of the Free/Libre and Open Source Software movements) at
the Asia Source and Africa Source camps, held to promote FLOSS among
non-governmental organisations. He is a member of the Dutch hackers'
group Hippies from Hell.
He has formerly worked with De Waag Center for Old and New Media, an
institute housed in an old castle in Amsterdam, on the cutting edge of
technology, culture, education and industry. Patrice has also been on
the staff of Multitudes, a French philosophical, political and artistic
monthly journal founded in 2000 by Yann Moulier-Boutang.
*MEPs back off from copyright term extension vote!*
Via: "Patrice Riemens"
Forwarded from rekombinant & INURA lists:
Dear Sound Copyright petitioner,
Amid intense lobbying in the European Parliament next Monday's vote
on the proposal to extend the term of copyright has been struck off
in a shock move. Following a meeting of the presidents of the
political groups in the European Parliament on Tuesday, and with
controversy and a lack of consensus surrounding the proposal, MEPs
have delayed voting till the end of April - just before this summer's
European elections. A trialogue discussion between the European
Commission, Council and Parliament, set for the end of March, will
now attempt to broker a deal to see if the directive will be allowed
to pass.
MEPs are waking up to the reality that the proposal to extend
copyright term doesn't do what it says. It's a terrible and
unworkable instrument that will do nothing but bring copyright into
disrepute in the eyes of consumers. If you're concerned about the
need for a fair and balanced copyright framework you must contact
your MEPs now (1). Make your voice heard!
In other news this week Professor Martin Kretschmer, Director of the
Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management Bournmemouth,
and Horace Trubridge, Assistant General Secretary of the British
Musicians' Union, have been debating the copyright term extension
proposal (2). Additionally copyright creators in the Association for
Fair Audiovisual Copyright in Europe have launched a petition against
the proposal (3).
But right now the most important thing is to contact your MEPs (4)
and tell them why copyright term extension is a bad idea (5)! Use our
web banners (6) and spread the word.
Yours, the Sound Copyright Team
(1) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public.do?language=en (2)
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/shane_richmond/blog/2009/03/16/
copyright_extension_debate_we_must_not_inhibit_digital_creators
20copyright_extension_debate_we_must_not_inhibit_digital_creators>_
(3) http://aface.eu/
(4) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public.do?language=en
(5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kijON_XODUk
(6) http://www.soundcopyright.eu/badges
===
The Sound Copyright privacy policy is linked from http://
www.soundcopyright.eu/about
Forwarded from rekombinant & INURA lists:
Dear Sound Copyright petitioner,
Amid intense lobbying in the European Parliament next Monday's vote
on the proposal to extend the term of copyright has been struck off
in a shock move. Following a meeting of the presidents of the
political groups in the European Parliament on Tuesday, and with
controversy and a lack of consensus surrounding the proposal, MEPs
have delayed voting till the end of April - just before this summer's
European elections. A trialogue discussion between the European
Commission, Council and Parliament, set for the end of March, will
now attempt to broker a deal to see if the directive will be allowed
to pass.
MEPs are waking up to the reality that the proposal to extend
copyright term doesn't do what it says. It's a terrible and
unworkable instrument that will do nothing but bring copyright into
disrepute in the eyes of consumers. If you're concerned about the
need for a fair and balanced copyright framework you must contact
your MEPs now (1). Make your voice heard!
In other news this week Professor Martin Kretschmer, Director of the
Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management Bournmemouth,
and Horace Trubridge, Assistant General Secretary of the British
Musicians' Union, have been debating the copyright term extension
proposal (2). Additionally copyright creators in the Association for
Fair Audiovisual Copyright in Europe have launched a petition against
the proposal (3).
But right now the most important thing is to contact your MEPs (4)
and tell them why copyright term extension is a bad idea (5)! Use our
web banners (6) and spread the word.
Yours, the Sound Copyright Team
(1) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public.do?language=en (2)
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/shane_richmond/blog/2009/03/16/
copyright_extension_debate_we_must_not_inhibit_digital_creators
20copyright_extension_debate_we_must_not_inhibit_digital_creators>_
(3) http://aface.eu/
(4) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public.do?language=en
(5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kijON_XODUk
(6) http://www.soundcopyright.eu/badges
===
The Sound Copyright privacy policy is linked from http://
www.soundcopyright.eu/about
Re: [Commons-Law] GI for Tirupati laddus
Via: Leena Prasad
Please sign this online petition created by CRY Volunteers --- also circulate amonsgt friends and networks, if you can.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mn12345/petition.html
-----Original Message-----
From: commons-law-bounces@sarai.net [mailto:commons-law-bounces@sarai.net] On Behalf Of pranesh@cis-india.org
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:52
To: NLS IP; Commons Law
Subject: [Commons-Law] GI for Tirupati laddus
Lost in the legalese is the question of why the prasadam of Lord Venkateshwara requires any sort of GI protection.
Date:16/03/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/03/16/stories/2009031657492000.htm
Tirupati laddu likely to get IPR soon
New Delhi: The Tirupati laddu, famous for its size, may soon get intellectual property rights (IPR) as the managing trust of the temple is seeking geographical exclusivity for the delicacy. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), a trust which manages the world's richest temple - Tirumala Venkateswara Temple - at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh, has submitted an application before the Geographical Indication Registry seeking the GI tag.
"We have received the application regarding the Geographical Indication tag for Tirupati laddus," Controller-General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks P.H. Kurian said.
The Tirupati laddu, made at Tirumala, is intensely sweet and made of tiny syrup-soaked balls called boondi. This is sold as 'Prasadam' of Lord Venkateshwara. Without giving details about the application and the basis on which this tag is being sought, Mr. Kurian said, "The trust has applied for the GI tag before the Geographical Indication Registry office in Chennai." Under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, the GI office functions under the Controller-General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks.
After several attempts to seek official comments from the TTD board, its Executive Officer & Member-Secretary K.V. Ramanachary said, "We are not able to give details, ask GI officials in this regard."
However, the Chennai-based Geographical Indication Registry Office didn't disclose any details about the application, either.
Under legal protection, the GI tag facilitates action in the case of any violation of its exclusive rights. The GI tag aims at promoting the economic prosperity of producers of goods in a geographical area.
Usually, the tag is granted to goods that essentially originate and are produced in a defined geographical locality and region. Geographical indications are covered as part of intellectual property rights.
The GI tag has been awarded to a number of products or goods, including the famous Darjeeling Tea, Madhubani Paintings, Kashmiri Sozani Craft and Thanjavur Paintings. - PTI
(c) Copyright 2000 - 2008 The Hindu
Please sign this online petition created by CRY Volunteers --- also circulate amonsgt friends and networks, if you can.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mn12345/petition.html
-----Original Message-----
From: commons-law-bounces@sarai.net [mailto:commons-law-bounces@sarai.net] On Behalf Of pranesh@cis-india.org
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:52
To: NLS IP; Commons Law
Subject: [Commons-Law] GI for Tirupati laddus
Lost in the legalese is the question of why the prasadam of Lord Venkateshwara requires any sort of GI protection.
Date:16/03/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/03/16/stories/2009031657492000.htm
Tirupati laddu likely to get IPR soon
New Delhi: The Tirupati laddu, famous for its size, may soon get intellectual property rights (IPR) as the managing trust of the temple is seeking geographical exclusivity for the delicacy. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), a trust which manages the world's richest temple - Tirumala Venkateswara Temple - at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh, has submitted an application before the Geographical Indication Registry seeking the GI tag.
"We have received the application regarding the Geographical Indication tag for Tirupati laddus," Controller-General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks P.H. Kurian said.
The Tirupati laddu, made at Tirumala, is intensely sweet and made of tiny syrup-soaked balls called boondi. This is sold as 'Prasadam' of Lord Venkateshwara. Without giving details about the application and the basis on which this tag is being sought, Mr. Kurian said, "The trust has applied for the GI tag before the Geographical Indication Registry office in Chennai." Under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, the GI office functions under the Controller-General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks.
After several attempts to seek official comments from the TTD board, its Executive Officer & Member-Secretary K.V. Ramanachary said, "We are not able to give details, ask GI officials in this regard."
However, the Chennai-based Geographical Indication Registry Office didn't disclose any details about the application, either.
Under legal protection, the GI tag facilitates action in the case of any violation of its exclusive rights. The GI tag aims at promoting the economic prosperity of producers of goods in a geographical area.
Usually, the tag is granted to goods that essentially originate and are produced in a defined geographical locality and region. Geographical indications are covered as part of intellectual property rights.
The GI tag has been awarded to a number of products or goods, including the famous Darjeeling Tea, Madhubani Paintings, Kashmiri Sozani Craft and Thanjavur Paintings. - PTI
(c) Copyright 2000 - 2008 The Hindu
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