Francis Gurry, the fair-use hating, web-hating, North Korea embargo-breaking, witch-hunting, blackmailing head of the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has a new pick to run copyright at the UN agency: Sylvie Forbin, a lobbyist for for French entertainment giant Vivendi.
If the past is a guide, she is a hardliner for the industry, opposing user rights and favoring very aggressive enforcement measures.Among other things, she has described the social movements for access to knowledge as “very organized” and “opaque networks” that serve technology giants.
Francis Gurry appoints Sylvie Forbin, lobbyist for Vivendi, as new head of copyright at WIPO