[pp.int.general] Bullshit EU consultation

[Amelia Andersdotter]

On 2013-01-03 22:46, Daniel Riaño wrote:
> 2013/1/3 Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org <mailto:rms at gnu.org>>
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>     Is it possible for one respondent to submit one answer about copyright
>     and one about patents, as a way of insisting that they should not be
>     lumped together?
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> I think so. And a paragraph with this sentiment ("I object ...  
> acceptance of it") should be inserted to all our answers to the 
> questionnaire.
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my recommendation is to not add such a disclaimer, since it will waste 
precious character space from making more relevant objections about the 
system of justice we set up to manage various forms of information 
restrictions.

you will have less space for making the legitimate objections to things 
such as intermediary liability, undue processes, rule of law, etc. if 
you maintain this point.

one can see law as having separate layers: on the one hand, you have 
laws wherein which the subject matters are defined. these should be kept 
separated, and are kept separated in most countries with a germanic 
legal tradition (with one law for patents, one law for trademarks, one 
law for copyrights, etc.; in the european union, we even have specific 
laws for various subsets of patents, such as the biotech directive of 
1998). then you also have the tools by which the beneficiaries of these 
laws can ensure the maintenance of the laws - these are more generally 
written in the european union and concern issues of evidence disclosure, 
data storage, due process, who is able to request what at what time.

in the second instance, i find it highly problematic that we are giving 
better rights to certain beneficiaries of specific laws than we give to 
most citizens who are disadvantaged by other circumstances around them 
(for instance). i also believe that some of the principles we extend to 
all these beneficiaries, regardless of which law they benefit from, are 
highly inappropriate.

best regards,

amelia

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