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Copyright in New Zealand (image courtesy of Wikipedia http://bit.ly/yAcWwi ) Last week the CFF attended a Stakeholders Briefing on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a treaty that will affect copyright in New Zealand, the United States and other nations. New Zealanders have just spent in excess of $600,000 to develop an enforcement regime (apparently for the benefit of Rihanna) in the Infringing File Sharing Act, but more changes are on the way that affect public and artistic rights. 1. The negotiations continue to be secretive even by WIPO standards.27. May · Der er i dag kl. 12 faldet dom i højesteret i sagen mellem Telenor og Ifpi m.fl. om spærringen af hjemmesiden www.thepiratebay.org: Telenor, og dermed også andre danske internetudbydere, dømmes til fortsat at spærre for deres kunders adgang til hjemmesiden. ”Det er en uholdbar situation for danske internetbrugere. Grundstenen er nu lagt til et samfund hvor internetcensur er et legitimt middel til at regulere borgernes færden på internettet.
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"Intellectual Property is the oil of the 21st century" - this quote by Mark Getty, chairman of Getty Images, one of the world's largest Intellectual Proprietors, offers a unique perspective on the current conflicts around copyrights, patents and trademarks. Not only does it open up the complete panorama of conceptual confusion that surrounds this relatively new and rather hallucinatory form of property - it must also be understood as a direct declaration of war. The "War Against Piracy" - a preventive, permanent and increasingly panic-driven battle that defies the traditional logic of warfare - is only one of the many strange and contradictory crusades that currently take place at the new frontier of Intellectual Property. Under the banner of the "Information Society", a cartel of corporate knowledge distributors struggle to maintain their exclusive right to the exploitation and commodification of the informational resources of the world.