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I heard a lecture last Friday by Pam Samuelson, an attorney specializing
in intellectual property. She thinks the current WIPO draft treaties
are very serious problems. We have never had a situation in which
international treaties (outside of ending wars) were proposed before
being debated and implemented in countries first. The protection of
databases treaty at first sounds innocent, but actually would make
library usage of data, even public domain data, in a database
illegal without contracts and pay for usage.

The National Basketball Association sued America Online for posting
NBA scores without paying NBA a usage fee!  Even sports scores
are becoming proprietary information.

Every occasion to resist the commodification of information is
an important occasion.  I am pleased with ARLIS' participation
in DFC's attempts to revise the WIPO treaty language.

Maryly Snow
UC BErkeley

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> ARLIS/NA is a member of the DFC, Digital Future Coalition, and, as such,
> involved in providing input in their efforts. A recent example is the DFC's
> call for response to their proposed revisions to the WIPO, World Intellectual
> Property Organization, Treaty Language in preparation for that upcoming
> Diplomatic Conference, Dec. 2-20, 1996. The response on behalf of ARLIS/NA is
> included below. More information on this important topic is available via the
> DFC Web site: http://www.ari.net/dfc/ .
>
> Katherine Poole
> CoChair, ARLIS/NA Public Policy Committee
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> Date:    Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:07:12
> From:    [log in to unmask] (Katy Poole)
> To:      [log in to unmask]
> cc:      [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Support of Revisions to draft treaties, WIPO
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>
> The ARLIS/NA, Art Libraries Society of North America, Public Policy
> Committee is writing on behalf of ARLIS/NA to endorse DFC's proposed
> revisions to certain draft international treaties as outlined in the
> e-mail message of Monday, Oct. 21, 1996.
>
> We wholeheartedly support DFC's ongoing position recommending that
> "Congress should not let this international agenda determine the shape
> of domestic international property legislation" which is still very much
> in process. We agree that it is premature for the US to consider these
> proposals prior to consideration and resolution of these issues in
> significant domestic debate in the U.S.  We also concur with DFC's
> concern that ratification of many of these proposals would seriously
> compromise Congress' ability to work towards a balanced solution to the
> problem of copyright in the networked information environment.
>
> Sincerely,
> Katherine K. Poole
> Public Policy Committee, Co-Chair
> ARLIS/NA, Art Libraries Society of North America
>
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