Z:gnu-www-ja-digital-inclusion-in-freedom--095d44-Similar software censorship la/en

Similar software censorship laws have since been adopted in the European Union, Australia, and New Zealand, and other countries. Canada has tried to do this for several years, but opposition there has blocked it. The publishers' lobbies seek to impose these restrictions on all countries; for instance, the US demands them in trade treaties. WIPO (the World &ldquo;Intellectual Property&rdquo; Organization) helps, by promoting two treaties whose sole point is to require laws such as these. Signing these treaties does no good for a country's citizens, and there is no good reason why any country should sign them. But when countries do sign, politicians can cite &ldquo;compliance with treaty obligations&rdquo; as an excuse for software censorship.