No you are wrong Ted, and its pretty funny too. As it happens you are incorrect for saying that this is inappropriate for the IETF's lists. You need to dig farther into the WIPO Site and find all the State Signatures to the Treaties - its them that the IETF is bound by whether it likes it or not. Since the countries through with the IETF's actions operate including the meetings, are all signatories to the WIPO Treaties you are exactly stuck with them. Todd Glassey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theodore Tso" <tytso@xxxxxxx> To: "todd glassey" <tglassey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Brian E Carpenter" <brc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ietf@xxxxxxxx>; <nea@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [Nea] WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea) > On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 09:08:42AM -0700, todd glassey wrote: > > No it wasn't Brian - the WIPO IP Framework calls for a set of protections > > for Industrial Designs which ALL of the work that happens here is controlled > > by right? Otherwise, do you formally want to make a declaration as the > > IETF's Chair that the IETF and the ISOC are immune from Global IP Law and > > can pretty much do anything they want. > > Todd, > > According to the WIPO web site: > > "The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a > specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to > developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual > property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation > and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public > interest." > > What the WIPO might or might not call for might perhaps be of interest > to various national legislative bodies, but it is completely out of > scope for the IETF list. > > Regards, > > - Ted > IETF Sergeant-at-Arms > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf