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1 <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> 2 <!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> 3 <!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> 4 <!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays laws noip" --> 5 <!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> 6 <title>Reject IP Enforcement Directive 7 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> 8 9 <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/ipjustice.translist" --> 10 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> 11 <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> 12 <!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> 13 <!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> 14 <div class="article reduced-width"> 15 <h2>Reject IP Enforcement Directive</h2> 16 <div class="thin"></div> 17 18 <p> 19 A coalition of civil liberties and consumer groups opposes a new 20 proposed directive for stricter punishment for copyright and patent 21 infringement: 22 </p> 23 24 <p> 25 <a href="https://www.ipjustice.org/digital-rights/ipj-white-paper-acta-2008/"> 26 ipjustice.org/digital-rights/ipj-white-paper-acta-2008</a> 27 </p> 28 29 <p> 30 The FSF also opposes this directive, but we did not sign that 31 statement because it accepts too much of what ought to be opposed. EU 32 law is already too restrictive, and simply to prevent further changes 33 is not enough. It is wrong to stop people from sharing music and 34 other published works, and only draconian laws could possibly do the 35 job, so it's no surprise to see they are being proposed. But opposing 36 this directive without criticizing its unjust motivation is 37 insufficient. Even using the term “intellectual property” 38 is a point of weakness, because this is 39 a <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty"> 40 propaganda term</a> for those who aim to restrict the public. 41 </p> 42 </div> 43 44 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> 45 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> 46 <div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> 47 <div class="unprintable"> 48 49 <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to 50 <a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. 51 There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> 52 the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent 53 to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> 54 55 <p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph, 56 replace it with the translation of these two: 57 58 We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality 59 translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection. 60 Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard 61 to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> 62 <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> 63 64 <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of 65 our web pages, see <a 66 href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations 67 README</a>. --> 68 Please see the <a 69 href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations 70 README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations 71 of this article.</p> 72 </div> 73 74 <!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to 75 files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should 76 be under CC BY-ND 4.0. Please do NOT change or remove this 77 without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first. 78 Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the 79 document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the 80 document was modified, or published. 81 82 If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too. 83 Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying 84 years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable 85 year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including 86 being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system). 87 88 There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers 89 Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> 90 91 <p>Copyright © 2003, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> 92 93 <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" 94 href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative 95 Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> 96 97 <!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" --> 98 99 <p class="unprintable">Updated: 100 <!-- timestamp start --> 101 $Date: 2021/09/16 16:56:20 $ 102 <!-- timestamp end --> 103 </p> 104 </div> 105 </div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> 106 </body> 107 </html>