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More on IP Imperialism

May 10, 2005

Prof. Michael Geist of Ottawa University laments the US strategy of linking strong intellectual property as a condition for free trade.  He shares my views on this matter.  But he’s not taking things sitting down.  He’s proposing a counterpart to the US’s Special 301 Lists which he calls the IP Bullied List — one that will include those countries forced by the US to cave on IP issues in exchange for free trade.  Good luck with the list!

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While Thinking about the Next One

So, iBlog’s over but I can’t stop thinking about the next one.  We should plan it better. Raise more money. Still make it FREE. Get more content. Encourage more people to BLOG BLOG BLOG.  

In the beginning, our conference chair said “If you build it, they will come.” Okay, what it lacked in originality, it made up for in prophecy. Even Sassy Lawyer had her doubts.
 
Myself, I said I’d be happy to have 50 people show up.  In the end, 300+ signed up and 155 shed their anonymity for a day.

The conversion rate for i.PH was even better with about 70+ sign ups. Which leads me to a sticky issue that people might be concerned about. i.PH is a company owned by my brother, the ccTLD administrator and owner of dotPH, perhaps the most popular on-line company in the country. dotPH is also a client of mine.  You get where I’m headed? (more…)

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