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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2013-01-03 22:46, Daniel Riaño
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Is it possible for one respondent to submit one answer about
copyright<br>
and one about patents, as a way of insisting that they should
not be<br>
lumped together?<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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best regards,<br>
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amelia<br>
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