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> effective technological measures that are used by authors Not in our name, please! Over many years in the creative business, music, games, writing, film, I'v

> effective technological measures that are used by authors Not in our name, please! Over many years in the creative business, music, games, writing, film, I've barely met a single soul who gave a rotten rat's arse about technological measures that are used by publishers and distributors.

dannyobrien 5y ago
Whether you like it or not, these laws are being passed in your name by regulators, standards bodies, lawmakers and lobbyists. But things can change. So after this treaty passed at WIPO (with the language you quoted), a bunch of incredibly dedicated activists, including folks at EFF, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), Public Knowledge, IP Justice, and many others hidden away on this list https://www.wipo.int/members/en/organizations.jsp?type=NGO https://www.wipo.int/members/en/organizations.jsp?type=NGO , worked to wrench WIPO from being exclusively a policy-laundering venue for rightsholders, and have some representation from the folks you describe. I'd say it's a better place for it -- but of course that meant that the efforts to lock-in stronger IP language moved to more opaque venues, including trade treaties. They're still doing the work, but they need far more support and collective advocacy for those who believe in what they're doing. You might not give a rat's arse, but there's a lot of people on the other side of this argument that do, and employ people to push for these laws in every possible venue.
- nonrandomstring 5y ago
  > They're still doing the work, but they need far more support and collective advocacy for those who believe in what they're doing. As a writer, where do you think I can best use my talents to fight WIPO and others who presume to speak on my behalf Danny? I have approached the EFF before, asking if they'd be interested in articles on areas that _are_ in my repertoire, but clearly this is for "specialists" and I know the square root of sod-all about international copyright. But I do know that these people are misusing my professional identity by claiming to know what "authors" want.
  - dannyobrien 5y ago
    I'd reach out to the Authors Alliance https://www.authorsalliance.org/ https://www.authorsalliance.org/, which seeks to represent creators, and is pretty good on these issues.

dannyobrien 5y ago

Whether you like it or not, these laws are being passed in your name by regulators, standards bodies, lawmakers and lobbyists. But things can change. So after this treaty passed at WIPO (with the language you quoted), a bunch of incredibly dedicated activists, including folks at EFF, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), Public Knowledge, IP Justice, and many others hidden away on this list https://www.wipo.int/members/en/organizations.jsp?type=NGO https://www.wipo.int/members/en/organizations.jsp?type=NGO , worked to wrench WIPO from being exclusively a policy-laundering venue for rightsholders, and have some representation from the folks you describe. I'd say it's a better place for it -- but of course that meant that the efforts to lock-in stronger IP language moved to more opaque venues, including trade treaties. They're still doing the work, but they need far more support and collective advocacy for those who believe in what they're doing. You might not give a rat's arse, but there's a lot of people on the other side of this argument that do, and employ people to push for these laws in every possible venue.

nonrandomstring 5y ago
> They're still doing the work, but they need far more support and collective advocacy for those who believe in what they're doing. As a writer, where do you think I can best use my talents to fight WIPO and others who presume to speak on my behalf Danny? I have approached the EFF before, asking if they'd be interested in articles on areas that _are_ in my repertoire, but clearly this is for "specialists" and I know the square root of sod-all about international copyright. But I do know that these people are misusing my professional identity by claiming to know what "authors" want.
- dannyobrien 5y ago
  I'd reach out to the Authors Alliance https://www.authorsalliance.org/ https://www.authorsalliance.org/, which seeks to represent creators, and is pretty good on these issues.