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The EU has signed and ratified the WIPO treaty. There’s nothing they can put into the DMA that can cancel out the treaty. Installing software in iOS uses Appl
by stockresearcher 1mo ago
The EU has signed and ratified the WIPO treaty. There’s nothing they can put into the DMA that can cancel out the treaty.
Installing software in iOS uses Apple intellectual property and WIPO guarantees their right to charge a commission.
If you don’t like this, get rid of WIPO!
- Gareth321 1mo agoI don't think this is accurate at all. While we're part of the WIPO Copyright Treaty, it does not give an OS owner a general right to charge a commission on third-party software merely because it runs on that OS. [I challenge you to cite the section in the Treaty which gives Apple the ability to charge these fees in contravention of EU law.](https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text/295166 https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text/295166)
- stockresearcher 1mo agoInstalling software on a normal computer has always been a straightforward process and nobody has claimed any IP rights on the process. Installing software on the iPhone is not at all straightforward. It requires interacting with proprietary Apple software and rights management interfaces. Had the DMA been written 20 years ago, it is possible that they could have prevented Apple from implementing things this way. But they didn’t. It’s too late. Anyway, once you understand how software is installed on an iPhone, you can plainly see how nearly all of WIPO applies.