[ Thanks to steve
hill for this link. ]
“Earlier today (March 24th, 2010), I submitted this
response to the IPEC call for public comment on future Intellectual
Property enforcement policy. Given the short notice (only six
days!), I was not able to come up with a more detailed response,
but I did want to express my dismay at the way these policies are
being framed.“Ms. Espinel:
“I am writing in response to the Intellectual Property
Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) call for written comments on
Intellectual Property enforcement. First I would like to
congratulate your agency on having the sense to ask the PUBLIC what
is in the PUBLIC interest, rather than holding meetings behind
closed doors with so-called “stake holders” (which
means biased corporate enterprises with vested interests in
protecting their monopolies). This is forward motion, and I do
appreciate it.“Nevertheless, I am distressed to find you considering yet more
draconian measures to impose disruptive market controls on an
economy which is already flailing and thrashing due to the
excessive influence of corporate monopolists on government decision
making. “Intellectual Property” is killing us as a
society, by actively impeding the much more important and
fundamental goals of “Intellectual Freedom.””