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On 03-03-2011 06:53, Amelia Andersdotter wrote:
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perhaps one of the more neglected IPR issues: customs. this is
not related to IPR but is a great form of europe. the vampiric
proportions are not lost on me...<br>
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Perrrrfect! They seized the garlic shipment from my foes! Now if
only the double-trapezoid crates, joined at their base and filled
with soil from my native land, disguised as enriched garden dirt,
get through customs, I can finally stay in Poland for a while...
Muahahaha <img src="cid:gtalk.1B2@goomoji.gmail" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0.2ex; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle; " goomoji="gtalk.1B2"><br>
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As to customs and IPR, there was a great effort to mix them all up
into a big cocktail with ACTA, and so the vested interests don't
neglect it a bit, neither should we. In fact we should use all
methods available, like this public consultation (<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2011/intellectual_property_rights_en.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2011/intellectual_property_rights_en.htm</a>)
to express our views on these subjects to those who can do something
about it, like in the upcoming vote on ACTA on the EU parliament.
Although we have Christian there already as one of our champions (
as well as you Amelia <img src="cid:gtalk.328@goomoji.gmail" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0.2ex; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle; " goomoji="gtalk.328"> ), we should not dismiss ourselves from the
battle if we can help in any way even if only with written words. Because
words are powerful, specially when in large numbers, as powerful are
these words of Voltaire that we should never forget: "So long as the
people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to
tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will
devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and
otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men."<br>
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So, everyone, you have until March 31 to "wake up" and make a
difference, or I'll bite your neck...and now garlic won't save you
<img src="cid:gtalk.333@goomoji.gmail" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0.2ex; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle; " goomoji="gtalk.333"> eheheh<br>
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PS: <span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">"The consultation in particular is aimed at verifying
the information provided in the report <b>and at identifying
additional issues that should be addressed in the context of a
possible review of the Directive</b>."<br>
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