Global Fair Use and Fair Dealing Decisions Available Online
Jonathan Band and Deborah Goldman One of the arguments used by rights holders opposed to the adoption of open-ended fair use or fair dealing provisions outside of the United States is that those...
View ArticleSen. Leahy Urges Action To Ensure Access To Affordable Life-Saving Diagnostic...
Press release from Sen. Leahy’s office WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Friday sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) urging the agency to...
View Article“CFL en Español” completes six UN languages
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] EIFL is delighted to announce a new Spanish version of Copyright for Librarians (CFL), the online open curriculum on copyright law developed...
View ArticleLetter from 67 Academics to Colombian Leaders Regarding Copyright Legislation
67 legal academics have endorsed a letter to Colombian leaders to express concern over copyright legislation intended to implement the country’s obligations under their trade agreement with the U.S....
View ArticleSetting the Record Straight on Fair Use in the U.S.
The Fair Use Doctrine in the United States — A Response to the Kernochan Report, by Gwen Hinze, Peter Jaszi & Matthew Sag, July 26, 2013. [Reposted from matthewsag.com] Our submission provides a...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Launch of Creative Commons U.S.
American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) is proud to announce that it is the new home of Creative Commons United States (CC US)....
View ArticleThe Domestic and Foreign Copyright Policies for Promoting the Creative Economy
[Reposted from DisCo, Link] Earlier this summer, I gave a talk in Seoul, Korea regarding how the United States actually has two copyright policies: one domestic and one foreign. These policies differ...
View ArticleIndian Ministry of Human Resource Development Launches the National...
[Reposted NROER, Link, (CC-BY-SA)] The National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER) is a collaborative platform, involving each and every one of us interested in children, teachers and...
View ArticleCreative Commons Global Summit 2013 Arrives in Buenos Aires
[Creative Commons Press Release, Link, (CC-BY) ] The Creative Commons Global Summit will be held from August 21 to 24 at the San Martín Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event will bring...
View ArticleNew Infographic Tells the Good News Story About Fair Use and Libraries
Hello! I’m Brandon Butler, the newest kid on the PIJIP block. Starting this fall I’m the Practitioner-in-Residence at the Glushko Samuelson IP Clinic. For four years I was the Director of Public Policy...
View ArticleResources on Copyright Reform and Flexible User Rights
There are a series of meetings at the Creative Commons Global Summit this week on promoting the public interest and protection of the public domain in copyright reform. PIJIP has been working for two...
View ArticleInternational Intellectual Property Examined at American University...
Two events this week will examine issues in international intellectual property. September 11, The Promise and the Peril of Intellectual Property Licensing for Indigenous Assets. September 12, The...
View ArticleSep 26: The Law and Economics of Copyright User Rights
On September 26, AUWCL’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property will hold a public conference on The Law and Economics of Copyright Users Rights. It will serve as a launch of an...
View ArticlePIJIP’s Marrakesh Treaty Event – Teaching Resource and Thanks
I write to thank the many members of our community who worked to support our highly successful event yesterday afternoon organized and convened by Peter Jaszi and entitled The 2013 Marrakesh Treaty:...
View ArticleConference to Explore Law and Economics of Copyright Users’ Rights
Economists and legal experts will join in a public discussion of the social and economic benefits of copyright users’ rights on September 26 from 2pm at American University Washington College of Law....
View ArticleEconomists Discuss the State of Empirical Research on Copyright User Rights...
Yesterday, American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property held an even the Law and Economics of Copyright Users’ Rights. The event was the launch of an...
View ArticleWikipedia’s Economic Value
[Jonathan Band and Jonathan Gerafi] In the copyright policy debate, proponents of strong copyright protection tend to be dismissive of the quality of freely available content. In response to...
View ArticleReflections on our OER policy workshop in Berlin
Reposted from Open Educational Resources Policy in Europe, Link (CC-BY-SA) A week ago, the European Commission launched the “Opening Up Education” initiative, a proposal for modernizing the European...
View ArticleCreative Commons: Supporting Copyright Reform
[Timothy Vollmer, Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY)] Today Creative Commons released a policy statement expressing its support for copyright reform efforts around the world. Creative Commons (CC) has...
View ArticleCreative Commons Endorses “Ongoing Efforts to Reform Copyright Law to...
Creative Commons, the global network of non-profit organizations best known for their promotion of standard-form copyright licenses that allow creators to voluntarily waive certain exclusive rights and...
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