[DMCA-Activists] Re: Taiwan Rejects U.S. Copyright Demands

[Matt]

Hello

On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Richard Stallman wrote:

> I wonder if there is some way we can protest the US policy
> of pressuring other countries into copyright extension
> or express our support to the Tainwanese government in
> rejecting it.
> 

I believe the fight here would be easier if there was a non-us copyright 
treaty that countries could join with fairer more balanced terms than the
US demands, and a decent weight of members.  Taiwan might actually be
important enough to get a few others to sign up to such a thing.

That way they can show they are interested in copyright, just not the US 
dogma.  So many financially weak countries just cave to the US, to their 
disadvantage.

Matthew Newhall
President of LILUG
Long Island Linux Users Group
address@hidden
http://lilug.org
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