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I think https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_indications_and_traditional_specialities_in_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_ind
by leokennis 4y ago
I think https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_indications_and_traditional_specialities_in_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_indications_and_t... is also related to this.
Basically, your "thing" (a style of song, a method of making cheese") gets a stamp and then people cannot mess with it.
As a "consumer", I get some form of quality assurance that the UNSECO site will be well maintained, that my Parmigiano Reggiano is not some cheap knock off.
It's a bit like someone with a RHCSA certification, or an MFI certified Apple accessory.
- epolanski 4y ago> that my Parmigiano Reggiano is not some cheap knock off In US it probably is[1] as US does not recognize European PDOs on food. You can sell Sammarzano tomatoes without the tomatoes even coming from Italy. This is all political and has roots in the Boeing-Airbus trade dispute. https://www.walmart.com/search?q=parmigiano https://www.walmart.com/search?q=parmigiano
- Bud 4y ago[dead]
- davidw 4y agoI get it with regards to an actual, physical site. That makes sense to have some kind of protection. But with things like this kind of singing, what does it really achieve? Do the singers get money to teach it to the next generation or something? When I still lived in Padova, a friend wanted me to translate an application for... I think it was "open source software" to be declared some kind of UNESCo thing, and while I am normally pretty generous with my time, I was just like "open source needs people to work on it, not some kind of UNESCO designation".