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Global Cyber Copyright Treaty In Force Today

Posted by timothy on from the manual-override-of-national-laws dept.

Guinnessy writes: "The Financial Times has a short story on a global copyright treaty that comes into force today, despite controversy over whether it will help or hinder creativity on the internet. You can find an actual copy of the treaty at the World Intellectual Property Organisation."

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  1. Re:Term of copyright? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Article 4 : Computer Programs
    "Such protection applies to computer programs, whatever may be the mode or form of their expression."

    Jurisprudences, especially in Europe, have already declared that computer program source code AND binary format are protected by copyright.

  2. How the Treaty was bought by bmasel · · Score: 3, Informative
    A Tale of Two Babylons

    by Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn (10/2/96)

    "Last September 12, some 1,500 of Hollywood's most beautiful people mustered at Greenacres, the old Harold Lloyd estate in Beverly Hills, and listened to Barbra Streisand serenade Bill Clinton..."

    --
    Ben Masel: 51,282 votes for US Senate in the Wisconsin Democratic Primary