Compulsory Licensing of Intellectual Property: A Viable Policy Lever for...
Authors: Charles R. McManis and Jorge Contreras Abstract: The chapter discusses the statutory and treaty basis for compulsory patent licensing, briefly reviews instances in which compulsory licenses...
View ArticleIrish Copyright Review Committee Report: Modernising Copyright
The Irish Copyright Review Committee has released its report, Modernising Copyright. Below are two excerpts from the introduction. Click here for the full report. Summary of Recommendations The...
View ArticleOpen Educational Resources in Poland: Challenges and Opportunities
[UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education] A new country report on Open Educational Resources in Poland has been published by IITE. The authors Kamil Sliwowski and Karolina Grodecka...
View ArticleLaw Professors Call for Public Process for Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
In the midst of the controversy surrounding the release of a Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiating text on intellectual property by Wikileaks yesterday, over 80 law professors of...
View ArticleGoogle Books Opinion Is a Win for Fair Use and Permissionless Innovation
Today, the long-awaited Google Books opinion is out. And it’s a winner. The New York district court dismissed the case, writing that “Goggle’s [sic] motion for summary judgment is granted and...
View ArticleCreative Commons U.S.A. applauds the introduction of the Affordable College...
[Reposted from CC-USA, Link (CC-BY)] Senators Dick Durbin and Al Franken today introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act, which directs the Secretary of Education to fund the creation of college...
View ArticleStatement by CCUSA Director Michael Carroll on the Introduction of the...
[Creative Commons U.S.A. Link (CC-BY)] Yesterday, Representatives Hinojosa and Miller introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act. The text mirrors that of the Senate bill introduced last week by...
View ArticlePublishing industry employment in 16 countries, compared to survey data on...
The copyright industries hire a lot of people, and employment figures are often used to argue for stronger protection for rightholders. But do the industries in countries with stronger protection for...
View ArticleGlobal Congress Endorses Principles for International Intellectual Property;...
Researchers, scholars and policy specialists from over 40 countries drafted and endorsed a declaration of Fundamental Public Interest Principles for International Intellectual Property Negotiations...
View ArticleUpdate: 200 People Sign Global Congress Declaration on Public Interest...
To date, 200 people from around the world have signed the Third Global Congress Global Congress Declaration on Fundamental Public Interest Principles for International Intellectual Property...
View ArticleCopyright Debate in Uruguay
Movimiento Derecho a la Cultura LAC Latin America, Link (CC-BY-SA) 2013 has been a year of deep discussions about copyright in Uruguay, which has ended with a copyright law reform intended to add...
View ArticleArgentina Passes Open Access Act For Publicly Funded Research
[Maximiliano Marzetti, IP Watch, Link (CC-BY-NC-ND)] The Congress of Argentina recently passed a landmark law making publicly funded science and technology research publications free and open access....
View ArticleData Sharing in a Humanitarian Organization: The Experience of Médecins Sans...
[Unni Karunakara in PLoS, Link (CC-BY)] Open data and data sharing are essential for maximizing the benefits that can be obtained from institutional and research datasets [1]. In 2012, the medical...
View ArticleInternet Association Statement in Response to the Trade Promotion Authority...
[Internet Association, Link (CC-BY-SA)] The Internet Association appreciates Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Hatch’s recognition that the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 must...
View ArticleCopyright Week: Tools and policies for building and defending a robust public...
[Tim Vollmer. Reposted from Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY)] The public domain is the DNA of creativity. Whereby current copyright law requires permission in order to use a work, the public domain is a...
View ArticleAcceso abierto, la gran alternativa
[Maria del Pilar Sáenz in Las 2 Orillas, Link, (CC-BY-SA)] Hace más de un año un anuncio de la universidad de Harvard estremeció a la comunidad académica: la universidad no estaba dispuesta a seguir...
View ArticleCopyright Week: The Globalization of Fair Use
[Cross posted from CCUSA, Link (CC-BY)] Much of what we hear about the globalization of copyright law around the world does not favor users. The dominant trend of lengthening terms, increasing...
View ArticleCopyright Week: Five Reasons Fair Use Best Practices Are Changing the World
[Cross posted from the Assoc. of Research Libraries (CC-BY) by AU Professors Patricia Aufderheide, Brandon Butler and Peter Jaszi.] Copyright Week is the perfect occasion to celebrate fair use,...
View ArticleCopyright, Permissions, and Fair Use among Visual Artists and the Academic...
A new report by PIJIP Professor Peter Jaszi, AU Communications Professor Patricia Aufderheide, and AU fellows Bryan Bello and Tijana Milosevic. The College Art Association has commenced a project with...
View ArticleSenators Durbin and Franken’s Letter Seeking Support for Open Textbooks...
Textbook costs are often substantial for stunts and can be a barrier to attaining a college education. According to the college Board, the average student spent $1,200 on college books and supplies...
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