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The President of Russia addressed the leaders of the G20 member states on a new concept concerning the use and protection of the results of intellectual activities on the Internet.

Here a link to the message.

A comment on it, by Paul Keller posted at two places:

• Is Dmitry Medvedev a Copyfighter? (Kennisland, 11-11-2011);
• Surprisingly sensible proposal for an overhaul of the copyright system from Russia (Is Dmitry Medvedev a copyfighter?) (Communia Association, 11-11-2011).

The 14 COMMUNIA policy recommendations are listed at http://www.communia-association.org/recommendations-2/

Details at: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-12/16/copyright-reform-plans

On the opposition to SOPA, see these Scribd collections:

• by Public Knowledge: http://www.scribd.com/collections/3342522/Opposition-to-HR-3261-Stop-Online-Piracy-Act-SOPA
• by Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/collections/3398328/SOPA-PIPA-Documents

See the IP Watch article of Dec. 21,2011 by Rachel Marusak Hermann:
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/12/21/ip-experts-focus-on-3-step-test-in-copyright-debate-way-forward/

In their response (January 14, 2012), Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget, Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and Howard Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator for National Security Staff stress that the important task of protecting intellectual property online must not threaten an open and innovative internet.

For comments on the response, see The White House & SOPA: Reading Between the Lines (by Alex Fitzpatrick, January 16 2012)