La piratería como conflicto. Discursos sobre la propiedad intelectual en México

Abstract

ResumenEste artículo da cuenta de la evolución de la protección de los derechos de autor (IPR, por sus siglas en inglés) con relación a las acciones antipiratería realizadas por el gobierno mexicano. La 'guerra contra la piratería' está fundada en la estructura legal del comercio mundial. El argumento central del autor es que la criminalización de la piratería no resulta de un proceso de interés nacional que tenga como objetivo promover e intensificar la propiedad intelectual o el estado de derecho, sino que surge de una perspectiva punitiva emanada de las redes de intereses internacionales y actores transnacionales propios del neoliberalismo global.Palabras clave: derechos de autor, piratería, ilegalidad, México. AbstractThis article examines the evolution of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in relation to anti-piracy actions undertaken by the Mexican government. The 'war against piracy' is based on the world trade legal structure. The author's central argument is that the criminalization of piracy is not the result of a process of national interest which has as its objective the promotion and intensification of intellectual property rights or the rule of law but, rather, emerges from a punitive perspective emanating from networks of international interests and transnational actors characteristic of global neoliberalism.

The allure of art and intellectual property: artisans and industrial replicas in Mexican cultural economies

“…In 1991, President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the Law of Industrial Property, aligning Mexico with the requirements of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and in 1997, his successor, Ernesto Zedillo, augmented this law by criminalizing certain copyright violations and by establishing two federal agencies responsible for enforcement and regulation: the National Copyright Institute and the Mexican Institute for Industrial Property (IMPI) (Smith ). Since 2000, the governments of both Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón have further strengthened IP enforcement, partially by positioning it as a weapon against organized crime, since ‘pirated’ goods are alleged to fund drug cartels and other violent criminal organizations (Aguiar ). The Mexican state also currently directs a tremendous amount of resources towards putting IP into practice, and often works directly with the WIPO to educate cultural producers about the benefits of registering their work.…”