a mate passed this on -- it appears some patent attorneys and some "IP
licensing" organisation, http://www.bi.les-europe.org/ and
http://www.hmc-ip.com/ , are giving a set of lectures for Forfas. There's
a few up on the website already. Know your enemy! ;)
--j.
Patenting Software - The Current State of Play
Date: 10 June
Author Barry Moore, Hanna Moore & Curley.
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Forfás - email alert
Source: Forfás, 26 April 2005
Due to popular demand for this lecture series
Forfás have recorded the lectures which are now
available for access at:
http://www.forfas.ie/news/intellectual_property/index.html
All lectures are available from the Forfás
website and include access to the following:
- Lecture Presentation
- Speaker Profile
- Lecture Audio Files (Lecture 3 and Lecture 4)
The next lecture "The Impact on the Life Sciences
Sector of the Biotech Directive"
will take place on Friday, 13th May 2005
For further details visit:
http://www.forfas.ie/news/intellectual_property/index.html
Hi,
A link to the Register item on the debate in the EP, including metion of Crowley's position:-
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/25/eu_patents/
BTW, I didn't get any messages about Crowley, but I noticed a reference to it in a message this morning, did I miss some messages?
Bye, Barry
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:00:16 +0200, <fsfe-ie-request(a)fsfeurope.org> wrote:
> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:58:38 +0100
>> From: A.J.Delaney(a)brighton.ac.uk
> Subject: [Fsfe-ie] French Court bans CSS on DVDs
> To: fsfe-ie(a)fsfeurope.org
> Message-ID: <1114444718.9091.1.camel(a)mowa423-lxajd9.it.bton.ac.uk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hey all,
> Just read this on /. (Slashdot.org for all you people with a life)
> http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/25/122230&from=rss
> I've not verified it, but maybe Ian with his elite French reading skills
> can read the original story
> http://www.01net.com/editorial/274752/droit/la-justice-interdit-de-proteger…
I cannot claim 'superior' French but...
[First class complete translation at - http://www.allpeers.com/blog/?page_id=113]
The article is a short report of the decision by the Paris Court of Appeal [it could go to a higher court later...?] against a decision made in response to a case brought by Films Alain Sarde and Studio Canal in April 2004. The French consumers organisation, who had supported the original case brought by a buyer of the DvD of Mulholland Drive, appealed the decision.
The Appeal Court held that the customer had the right, under French law, of private copying, in this case to make a video so they could see the film on his mother's vcr, she having no DVD player. The article notes that it was in the same family, and therefore the right exists.
According to the article Films Alain Sarde and Studio Canal have to unlock the DVDs within a month.
The video publishers assocation said it was 'upset' and that the decision was contrary to an EU Directive on authors rights which allows protection systems.
2 items from the comments on the 01 site:
"why do we pay a tax on blank discs if there is no right to copy....??"
"Overall, the rights directive and the proposed software patents directive will not just 'protect' certain algorithms under authors rights but also prohibit the creation of any means of 'legalising' copying...."
[not sure I understand that, the writing is a bit hurried in style so maybe they mean something different]
The French, for those of you who can manage it, is:-
"En gros, EUCD + Brevet logiciel c'est non seulement certains algorithmes protégés par le droit d'auteur, mais c'est également interdire et la possibilité se donner légalement les moyens techniques de rendre impossible la création d'un algorithme différent qui aboutit au même résultat"
...and a comment from the site with the translation -
(apropos what is actually covered by the decision) - "All I know is what is in the 01.net article, which I attempted to translate as faithfully as possible. I guess that any copy protection which doesn’t respect fair-use rights guaranteed under French law is relevant to this decision. This means that a system is now considered illegal if it doesn’t let you make copies for personal use. That said: a) IANAL (and definitely NAFL) and b) a lot of people seemed to think this decision won’t hold up in light of contradictory legislation at the European level"
On the original US site http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/23/french_court_bans_dr.html there is an interesting comment...:-
" And is it just me, or is the idea of watching Mulholland Drive with your Mom just a tad uncomfortable?"
Bye, Barry
http://forums.jamendo.com/viewtopic.php?p=1550
"Among those opposing any amendments was Irish MEP Brian Crowley"
What is the story with this guy? Might it be worth meeting him and
trying to talk some sense or is he too far gone?
Ian.
As discussed at the last meeting
(http://www.ifso.ie/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi/Minutes_202005_2004_2019) IFSO have
been invited to an Indymedia Dublin meeting. We agreed this was
generally a good thing in the meeting. Unfortunately 3 of the committee
will be out of the country on the date in question, and one other has
exams (me). If anyone would like to volunteer to go along it would be
greatly appreciated, we could pass on CD's etc to hand out. Details
follow:
Location and time:
date is Tuesday 26th
address is 23 inchicore road, about 6 houses after kilmaynham gaol, call
seoidin if any problems
tel: 0857344904
seoidin(a)dublin.ie
Plan for the evening:
"taking up on Seoidíns offer to meet and dine in a small space........
we will have a little indymedia workshop, discussion, few little films,
more face to face contact and also discuss plans for further imc
activity. bring a vegetable. "
More info:
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69451http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69116&condense_comments=false…
Does anybody know a likely source for this claim, contained in Brian Crowley's speech:
"Again, if we look, the reality of it is that of the patents that have been granted in the European Union, in the 25 member states, and in the U.S. over the last ten years, 92% of them have been granted for medium-sized enterprises, or ..."
Ryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Heald" <j.heald(a)ucl.ac.uk>
To: "James Heald" <j.heald(a)ucl.ac.uk>
Subject: [Fsfe-ie] Re: Speech of Brian Crowley MEP at JURI this morning
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:20:23 +0100
>
> James Heald wrote:
>
> > http://wiki.ffii.org/admin.cgi?JuriCrowley050421En
>
> Sorry, for people not logged in, better link is:
> http://wiki.ffii.org/JuriCrowley050421En
>
>
> >
> > Transcription needs some work. Probably best read while simultaneously
> > listening to the original audio.
> >
> > Not altogether encouraging, but perhaps open-minded.
> >
> >
>
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