The music industry has been pushing for concerted, multinational action to protect intellectual property, and this week their efforts paid off in the form of a communiqué from the G8 summit.
As the internet continues to break down barriers and facilitate the rapid transmission of copyrighted content, G8 leaders vowed to address piracy-related concerns “through individual and joint efforts by all nations and relevant international organizations.” As part of the renewed push, member nations will instruct the OECD to prepare a study detailing the worldwide economic impact of piracy, and will consider improvements to strengthen the existing IP legal and enforcement framework.
The initiative also contemplates the implementation of “technical assistance pilot plans,” developed within the G8 and deployed to developing countries that are interested in acquiring the tools to combat piracy. G8 member nations include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Russian discount music store AllofMP3.com has become a sore spot for labels, and British trade group BPI is pushing a G8 agenda to force a crackdown by President Vladimir Putin. Russia is a member of the Group of Eight, and recently, President Putin had some favorable things to say about IP protection. Putin noted that increased protection is “an essential condition for developing new technology,” and also observed that Russian maintenance of secure intellectual property rights is a “duty” to foreign partners.
The statement in my opinion is basically a bunch of mumbo jumbo saying that they all agree to do something about piracy thats it. Theres no specific actiosn spelled out plan of attack just simply that their plan is to plan to do something about it.
I doubt that it means much for P2P. I think they are talking about actual piracy. Even with “multinational” support against piracy they don’t have a chance because most people in office are complete and utter morons.
I’m a bit confussed on all this technical talk…So what does this all mean for us P2P users?