Dear All,<div><br></div><div>One of the interesting policy areas within the WGIG 2005 Document is on Intellectual Property. A friend of mine had sent me the link to an article by Geist. I did not read it until a few days later and think that some of you may find it interesting, see: <a href="http://www.thestar.com/article/1085475--geist-internet-belongs-to-us-u-s-argues">http://www.thestar.com/article/1085475--geist-internet-belongs-to-us-u-s-argues</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>This led me to extract the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from the US Congress website:  <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c112:1:./temp/~c11213UD8d::" target="_blank" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 65, 112); ">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c112:1:./temp/~c11213UD8d::</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>This of course reminded me of Rojadirecta's Petition earlier this year, see:</div><div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> <a href="https://www.eff.org/files/Petition%20for%20Release%20of%20Seized%20Goods%20Final.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 65, 112); ">https://www.eff.org/files/Petition%20for%20Release%20of%20Seized%20Goods%20Final.pdf</a></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">There is also an interesting article, see:<a href="http://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/us-government-rojadirecta-owners-must-prove-i" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 65, 112); ">http://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/us-government-rojadirecta-owners-must-prove-i</a>  (I apologise that this is a secondary source)</div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">One thing is certain, 2011 is a very interesting year in the world of internet governance</div>
<div><br></div>-- <br><div>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</div><div><br></div><div>Tweeter: @SalanietaT</div><div>Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro</div><div>Cell: +679 998 2851</div><div> </div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:16px"><br>
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