It's nothing new the pressure the U.S. government perpetrated against other countries through free trade treaties, bilateral and multilateral agreements and dark lobbying to impose their particular and oppressive vision that seeks to tighten intellectual property protection. New cables revealed by Wikileaks spelled out U.S. pressure on Canada and New Zealand to convert their intellectual property in a system of persecution and make it very clear, that the copyright cheerleaders are so concerned that ACTA can be used to silence Wikileaks.

Diplomatic cables written by American officials and identified using the tag Kipre confirm innaceptable U.S. interference through the USTR and the wild lobbying monopolies based on the exploitation of copyright, in the unfortunate creation of the copyright law in New Zealand that implements the 3strikes in that country. They wrote it and financed it.

Again, the list 301 that each year the USTR made ​​under questionable arguments and studies, is the instrument of pressure that leads the way to exchange a list of countries in the pirates for legislative action to comply with the orders of U.S. industries branded drugs, music and commercial cinema.

New Zealand

Kipre cables sent from the Embassy of Wellington in New Zealand relate the development of the law (expressly approved) that punishes disconnect users infringing copyright.

The cable 07WELLINGTON807 confirms that these laws are created only by consulting industries (as if they were the only existing producers of cultural material on the planet):

(On October 30, 2007) [...] His team, and officers of the Ministry of Economic Development (MED), p
met to discuss the status of the amendments to the Copyright Act of New Zealand and bring attention to the shortcomings of the legislation initially highlighted both the USTR and the largest trade associations of intellectual property (IPPA - print, MPAA - cinema , RIAA - recordings)

And ends:

He explained that the focus of the Act is too loaded in favor of consumers rather than to the rights holder.

Well, as holders of rights due to copyright can sell their products to consumers, were anything without us, the consumers.

The cable also reports frequent meetings were held with industry and how the bill would be delayed until it was sustainable for the industry and that the actions of New Zealand ISPs fincar responsibilities would be considered for inclusion in future treaties free trade.

More cables on this in the section of the Embassy of Wellington Wikileaks site.

Canada

The wonderful teacher Michael Geist undertook an extensive analysis of the cables Kipre of U.S. Embassy in Canada, where basically it is revealed that the Minister Harper gave an assurance to reform copyright law in that country, to enter the Canadian DMCA version their national legislation.

Clear that the rights management companies - aka lobbying-are responsible. The cable 05Ottawa3244 indicates that industry associations intending to use the U.S. insistence on the model of takedown to play good cop:

As a sign that the Government of Canada wants to be "more reasonable than the Americans."

Moreover, the cable 08OTTAWA311 recognizes that the pressure of society has succeeded in bringing the debate to the level where you have to be discussed intellectual property (and that such fear given): the political level.

Our contacts shrugged off the small - but increasingly vocal. public opposition to copyright reform led by Professor of the University of Ottawa, Dr. Michael Geist. February 25, however, Prentice, Minister of Industry, (for protection), admitted to the ambassador that some members of the Cabinet and Conservative members of Parliament, including MPs who won by small margins, opposed the introduction of draft copyright law as it now can be used against you in the next federal election. Prentice said the bill had become an issue "political."

Impressive that a diplomat does not see the value of discussing public affairs at the political level, it should be. Regrettable that this reduced governance and administrative lobbying.

More about the diplomatic cables that U.S. imperialism and its intellectual monopolies exercised against Canada on the site Wikileaks

Legislative Piracy

United States and its lobbyists are free to lobby for whatever they pleased, the worrisome thing is the subservience of public officials (supposedly sovereign countries) to meet their unfair demands.

A shame for all citizens over the world and one more stain on the already soiled idea of intellectual property. culprit? The usual suspects, the U.S. lobbying invests millions of dollars in creating stupid laws, but also all of us . Yes, all of us to let public servants working for private interests with public money without any consequences.

Beyond the depraved vision of copyright in our days where it does not meet its initial goal more , economic and legislative savagery of this model is destroying the little democracy left in the world to perpetuate the anachronistic model of a few (powerful) dinosaurs .

John Perry Barlow said this weekend in Spain that the real hackers are those who approve of intellectual property law, referring explicitly to the Law Sinde .

Maybe it's time to fight piracy legislation?

Legislative piracy: U.S. behind intellectual property laws of New Zealand and Canada written in ALT1040 on 2 May, 2011 by geraldine
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