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An emerging understanding of Open Standards
Open Standards have been somewhat of a holy grail for some time now. Interoperability and vendor-independence, the IT industries’ equivalent of eternal life, are the prize for those who find the grail that are Open Standards. This conquest took decades, … Continue reading
Tagged EU, IGF, Open Standards, UN, WIPO
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WIPO GA: Current situation, and FSFE’s statement
The good news first: The outcome of the Development Agenda discussions has been accepted by the Assembly of the Member States of WIPO, so there is now formally a Development Agenda for WIPO to discuss the substantial issues. Definitely a … Continue reading
Tagged Open Standards, UN, WIPO
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WIPO GA: Starting off by grinding to a halt
The 2007 general assembly of the UN WIPO started off yesterday by grinding to a halt over accusations against WIPO director general Kamil Idris, who apparently changed his officially recorded birth date. The United States wants that issue discussed and … Continue reading
So this is what hit Microsoft…
The past two months have been interesting in the Chinese sense. A primary culprit of that was Microsoft’s failed attempt to push their proprietary MS-OOXML format through ISO. But there were also talks and meetings with ministers (see [1][2]) to … Continue reading
Tagged Antitrust, EU, Free Software, Fun, Microsoft, Open Standards, UN, WIPO
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WIPO General Assembly: Broadcasting Treaty, Development Agenda and better NGO participation
Because FSFE is about to open an office in Zürich and we’re also preparing some interesting actions for next week, I’m currently quite pressed for time. That is why I decided to shorten my stay at the WIPO General Assembly … Continue reading
Tagged Conference, Politics, UN, WIPO
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Misplaced obsession?
It appears that some people still have difficulties with all this new technology. Take Tom Giovanetti of the IPI, for instance. The IPI is a group that is sponsored by (and therefore speaks along the lines of interest of) some … Continue reading
WIPO PCDA2: Process derailed, future unclear
Although I could not attend the last day in person, from this article on IP-Watch it appears that the Development Agenda process has apparently been derailed by yesterdays breakup [1, 2] as a reaction to the proposal of the chair. … Continue reading
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WIPO PCDA2: Free Software: Feedback to our work, and perspectives
Besides the highly controversial plenary discussion, which seems to have led to a stalemate at the current point in time, there were some very interesting points at this PCDA meeting in relation to the work FSFE has been doing at … Continue reading
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WIPO PCDA2: Silence in the plenary
It is a very unusual occurence if the chair opens the floor for comments, and there is no reaction for several minutes. A room full of more than 150 delegations in silence is a very strange experience, especially since they … Continue reading
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Tagged UN, WIPO
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WIPO PCDA2: Escalation on day four: What is the future of the Development Agenda?
The Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA/2) took place this week at the WIPO in Geneva, Switzerland. As in February [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and the year before, FSFE was at the meeting … Continue reading
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