Infojustice: Ottawa NAFTA Round Turns To Copyright

Infojustice writes: It was being reported among various observers of NAFTA over the weekend that the talks in the IP chapter are progressing toward Copyright. The US appears poised to table the first set of its demands for that portion of the IP chapter. But it is also rumored that that the US demand may exclude the issue of copyright balance.

Civil society organizations, including internet freedom and information justice advocates from the US and Canada (Mexico was largely absent due to the earthquakes), gathered in Ottawa over the weekend to provide the public forum on NAFTA issues that the formal negotiation has yet to sponsor. The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic teamed with American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, OpenMedia and the Electronic Frontier Foundation to discuss public interest concerns with the E-Commerce and copyright provisions of the potential agreement.

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Infojustice also cited these articles:

*         Matt Schruers. Calls to Backtrack on Copyright Balance Put Tech backing for NAFTA in Doubt. Link<http://www.project-disco.org/intellectual-property/092217-calls-to-backtrack-on-copyright-balance-put-tech-backing-for-nafta-in-doubt/>.

*         Michael Geist. Canada’s NAFTA IP and E-commerce Priorities: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on International Trade. Link<http://infojustice.org/archives/38841>.