The US always has a finger in everyone rear end somehow. If they want you to do something, they just shake it a little.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 18:10 +0800, Peter Butler wrote: >> > >> > Malaysia is in Watch List: >> > http://www.iipa.com/rbc/2011/2011SPEC301MALAYSIA.pdf >> > >> >> I don't know where to start with a document like this. It's wrongheaded >> on so many levels that it's almost impossible to argue with. Full of >> uninformed generalisations, fabricated figures and an arrogant >> assumption that the rest of the world is a willing participant in the US >> agenda to lock down content to suit the publisher rather than the customer. > > For those who don't realise, this is an industry SUBMISSION to a US > government process that rates countries based on how strongly they > uphold and enforce the rights of US IP owners. You can take it with a > large pinch of salt. You can also make your own submission to the same > process, as I have done. The deadline is 9 March 2011, so hurry! The > URL for making submissions is http://www.regulations.gov/#! > documentDetail;D=USTR-2010-0037-0001. > > Points to make include: > > * The US is holding other countries to standards that exceed their > obligations under international law. > > * The standards to which other countries are held do not take account of > their difference in levels of development. > > * The list is hypocritical, because the US offers flexibilities such as > "fair use" to its citizens, which offset the harshness of its IP law. > Other countries (such as Malaysia) don't have this. > > My organisation Consumers International prepares a counter-report to the > Special 301 each year: see http://A2Knetwork.org/watchlist. If you want > more background on this process, download a copy of our 2010 report. > The 2011 edition will be released next month. > > -- > Dr Jeremy Malcolm > Project Coordinator > Consumers International > Kuala Lumpur Office for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East > Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, > Malaysia > Tel: +60 3 7726 1599 > > Consumers for Fair Financial Services > World Consumer Rights Day, 15 March 2011 > > Join the global consumer movement in demanding access to safe, fair and > competitive markets in financial services for all. > http://www.consumersinternational.org/wcrd2011 > > Read our email confidentiality notice. Don't print this email unless > necessary. > > _______________________________________________ > general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general > > _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general
