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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Congratulations!<br>
And now, that Larry Lessig is on the ISOC Board, I hope that ISOC
would be able to contribute to WIPO with some progressive ideas,
like Creative Commons, and hopefully change a little bit and
positive</font>ly the copyright policies!<br>
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Veni<br>
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On 10/4/2010 08:51, Constance Bommelaer wrote:
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New"
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Members,<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is to
inform you that the Internet Society (ISOC) now
has an
official "Permanent Observer Status with the World
Intellectual Property
Organization" (WIPO). This is an important step
for ISOC as it gives us
the opportunity to engage governments, business
and civil society on vitally
important current discussions taking place in
WIPO. For example, ISOC is
increasingly influential as we bring our expertise
to bear on intellectual
property issues in cyberspace, such as copyright
in the on-line environment,
intellectual property and development, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New"
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Last June,
the Internet Society was granted status with the
WIPO
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
(SCCR). Our participation
showed WIPO the value of our organization's
expertise. At the same time, we
found other areas where ISOC can contribute to the
work of different Committees
within WIPO. As a result, in May 2010 we applied
for Permanent Observer status
in WIPO. After discussion, our application was
approved at the recent WIPO
General Assembly, and officially came into effect
on 29 September 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">WIPO "... is
a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is
dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible
international intellectual
property (IP) system, which rewards creativity,
stimulates innovation and
contributes to economic development while
safeguarding the public interest.
WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in
1967 ... to promote the
protection of IP throughout the world through
cooperation among states and in
collaboration with other international
organizations" (<em><i><font face="Courier New"><span
style="font-family: "Courier
New";">source: WIPO website</span></font></i></em>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="black"><span style="color: black;"> </span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font color="black"
face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:
10pt; color: black;">We will keep you informed of
our work in
this important forum as we deepen our engagement.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Read more
about WIPO: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/what_is_wipo.html">http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/what_is_wipo.html</a>
<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">ISOC
partnerships with international organizations: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/community/">http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/community/</a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">ISOC and
intellectual property issues: <a
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href="http://www.isoc.org/internet/issues/property_rights.shtml">http://www.isoc.org/internet/issues/property_rights.shtml</a>
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10pt; color: black;">Best,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><font color="black"
face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:
10pt; color: black;">Constance Bommelaer<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font color="black"
face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:
10pt; color: black;">Senior Manager<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font color="black"
face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:
10pt; color: black;">Strategic Global Engagement <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font color="black"
face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:
10pt; color: black;">Internet Society (ISOC)<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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href="http://www.isoc.org/">www.isoc.org</a>
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