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Poisonous IPR Articles in Korea-US FTASubmitted by admin on 27 May, 2007 - 5:02pm.
From: PatchA (patcha AT jinbo.net) Dear all, Finally, the full text of Korea US FTA was released last Friday. (http://www.mofat.go.kr/mofat/fta/eng/eng_list.htm) It has many poisonous articles. We are very worried about the IPR chapter and the confirmation letters of IPR have very dangerous things which the former US FTA didn't have. For examples, both governments agree on the objective of shutting down the internet sites that permit unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or transmission of copyright works. Korean government are shutting down even P2P service and webhard service. I think most of the internet sites including portal, UCC/UGC, blog sites etc. can be shut down by the government. And it also includes strong enforcement activities on book printing If this Korea US FTA is passed, then the US will request other countries to include these things in the following FTA. So it needs to have international solidarity activities to stop this kind of US FTA. Please check below and we welcome of your criticizing opinions or statement to this IP chapter of Korea US FTA. We will post it to our struggle website (http://nofta-ip.jinbo.net) And please forward it to other people world-wide. Korean Alliance Against the Korea-U.S. FTA and social organizations In soldarity, ============================ (more below) ? Confirmation letter (Online Piracy Prevention) Korea also agrees on the objective of shutting down Internet sites that permit the unauthorized downloading (and other forms of piracy) of copyright works, including so-called webhard services, and providing for more effective enforcement of intellectual property rights on the Internet, including in particular with regard to peer-to-peer (p2p) services. Korea will work to prevent, investigate, and prosecute internet piracy. In doing so, Korea will work with the private sector, the other Party, and other foreign authorities. ? Confirmation letter (Promoting Protection and Effective Enforcement of Copyrighted works on University Campuses) The Parties recognize the importance of preventing illegal copying and The Full text of IP Chapter is below Intellectual Property Rights Confirmation letter (Internet Service Provider) Confirmation letter (Promoting Protection and Effective Enforcement of Confirmation letter (Online Piracy Prevention) |
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