L’alliance maximaliste
Un nouveau groupe indistriel est formé aux USA, The Copyright Alliance, voué au renforcement de l’industrie employant le copyright pour enrichir leurs actionnaires.
Un nouveau groupe indistriel est formé aux USA, The Copyright Alliance, voué au renforcement de l’industrie employant le copyright pour enrichir leurs actionnaires.
Un article daté du New York Times (20 mai 2007) par Mark Helprin développe un argumentaire en faveur d’un droit d’auteur éternel. (Il faut créer un compte dans le site du journal pour accéder à l’article gratuitement.)
Voici la réponse de James Boyle, professeur à la Duke Law School et créateur d’une bande dessinée à propos du fair use.
(Thursday, May 17) A comprehensive telecommunications bill making its way through the New York Legislature also includes language to mandate the equal treatment of high-speed content on the Internet.
The so-called network neutrality provision is part of a proposal, A.B. 3980, to overhaul the state’s video-franchising rules by allowing service providers to seek statewide deals. The legislation also would establish a state broadband development authority.
Un excellent exemple d’appropriation artistique pour expliquer le droit d’auteur selon la perspective des USA. Mais attention, l’enseignement (comme type d’usage) n’est pas spécifiquement nommé comme « utilisation équitable » au Canada. Enfin bref, voici la vidéo :
Selon un rapport spécial du Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), le Canada a effectué des efforts pour s’améliorer un matière de combattre la contrefaçon, mais ce pays doit toujours figurer dans la liste « sous surveillance » (watch list). En effet, la criminalisation de l’enregistrement de films dans les théâtres grâce à de caméras numériques et la ratification des traités d’Internet de 1996 seraient nécessaire afin de retrouver le droit chemin.
Le rapport s’intitule « 2007 Special 301 Review » d’après la disposition législative qui impose cette analyse annuelle des mesures de protection de la propriété intellectuelle des pays commerçant avec les USA. Il indique que :
Canada is being retained on the Watch List in 2007. The United States commends Canada for issuing regulations correcting deficiencies in its system for protecting against unfair commercial use pharmaceutical data generated to obtain marketing approval. The United States notes our continuing concerns, however, with Canada’s failure to ratify and implement the WIPO Internet Treaties and its failure to prohibit the unauthorized camcording of films in movie theaters. The United States also continues to urge Canada to improve its IPR enforcement system to enable authorities to take effective action against the trade in counterfeit and pirated products within Canada, as well as curb the amount of infringing products transshipped and transiting through Canada. Canada’s weak border measures continue to be a serious concern for IP owners.
The United States hopes that Canada will implement legislative changes to provide a stronger border enforcement system by giving its customs officers the authority to seize products suspected of being pirated or counterfeit without the need for a court order. Greater cooperation between Canadian Customs and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police would enhance IPR enforcement, as would the provision of additional resources and training to customs officers and domestic law enforcement personnel. The United States will continue to monitor Canada’s progress in providing an adequate and effective IPR protection regime that is consistent with its international obligations and its advanced level of economic development, including improved border enforcement, near term ratification and implementation of the WIPO Internet Treaties, and efforts to stop unauthorized camcording of films in movie theaters.
L’American Library Association annonce que plus de 2 milliards de visites dans les bibliothèques aux États-Unis en 2004, une augmentation de 64% sur les chiffres d’il y a 10 ans.
La Coalition for Networked Information nous propose un document d’information concernant le développement d’infrastructures en milieu académique (anglais). Le rapport d’information est disponible dans l’archive de l’Université du Michigan, Deep Blue : http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/49353.
In late September 2006 NSF [National Science Foundation] sponsored a workshop hosted at the University of Michigan School of Information exploring the history and theory of infrastructure development, with a focus on what lessons could be drawn to help in planning the development of cyberinfrastructure. A report from the workshop became available in late January, 2007, but does not seem to have been as widely circulated as it deserves to be. With apologies to those already familiar with this, I wanted to take the opportunity to share the pointer to the report and other materials about the conference, all of which can be found at:
http://www.si.umich.edu/InfrastructureWorkshop/
Une étude sur les médias aux USA, spectaculaire de par sa portée, est lancée dans Internet par un groupe de chercheurs américains. Voici le contenu :
Digital Journalism: A Typology of News Web Sites; Newspaper; Online; Network TV; Cable TV; Local TV; Magazines; Radio; Ethics/Alternative; Journalist Survey; About the Study