EFF letter on WIPO ban
p2pnet.net News:- WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, recently banned many public interest groups from two April meetings on the impact of patent, copyright and related regimes in the developing world.
As a result, Brazilian activists Pedro de Paranagua Moniz and Pedro AD Rezende, together with EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) European affairs coordinator Cory Doctorow, have produced an open letter to WIPO.
As a result, this week over 800 individuals and groups, including EFF, signed an open letter to WIPO urging it to allow more groups to participate in these historic meetings, says the EFF.
Residents of 56 different nations signed on, along with members of non-government organizations (NGOs) ranging from a Brazilian AIDS health group to Yale University.
The “WIPO Manifesto for Transparency, Participation, Balance and Access” asks that public interest NGOs be allowed to take part in development agenda meetings as ad hoc observers, and calls on WIPO to provide assistance in creating a global regime that facilitates open access to knowledge.
The open letter, delivered to Dr. Kamil Idris, Director General of WIPO, is still open for signature.
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See:-
recently banned – WIPO IP meeting ban, p2pnet, March 7, 2005
EFF – WIPO Lockout Inspires Global Protest, March 25, 2005
