PIJIP Research Paper no. 2012-09 Author: Hong Xue Abstract: On July 6, 2012, the National Copyright Administration of China released the 2nd Draft of the 3rd Revision of the copyright law, in which 81 provisions were changed from the 1st…
In a recent presentation before the Personal Democracy Forum, Yochai Benkler, the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard and co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, discussed the media surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)…
The European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement today, 478-39. The rejection issued a massive blow to the prospects of the agreement itself, as well as to the larger international intellectual property agenda of the United States, now playing…
This overview of copyright flexibilities in Israel consists of two parts. First, answers to a questionnaire on the state of copyright law, copyright flexibilities, and the current political context of copyright, which were provided by Michael Birnhack and Niva Elkin-Koren.…
PIJIP Research Paper no. 2012-08 Author: Aberto Cerda Silva Abstract: The standards of copyright protection promoted by the Berne Convention are highly problematic for developing countries because these countries need to ensure a wide dissemination of works for teaching, scholarship,…
PIJIP Research Paper no. 2012-07 Author: Rami Olwan Abstract: On October 4, 2004, Brazil and Argentina requested that WIPO adopt a development-oriented approach to IP and to reconsider its work in relation to developing countries. In October, 2007, WIPO member…
This overview on copyright flexibilities in China consists of two parts: first, answers to a questionnaire on the state of copyright law and second, a table organizing the limitations and exceptions to copyright in China’s laws. The first part includes…
This overview on copyright flexibilities in Canada consists of two parts: first, answers to a questionnaire on the state of copyright law and second, a table organizing the limitations and exceptions to copyright in Canada’s laws. The first part includes…
Last December, participants at a meeting on Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright hosted by IViR and PIJIP were asked to answer three questions relating to copyright law in their country. We are publishing their answers as blogs, after giving the…
PIJIP Research Paper no. 2012-06 Author: Jonathan Band Abstract: The controversy in the United States over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has profound implications for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. The SOPA debate underscores the importance of striking the…
PIJIP Research Paper no. 2012-05 Author: Margot Kaminski Abstract: In the past several years of free trade agreement negotiations, a number of proposals for establishing an international standard of liability for copyright infringement by online intermediaries have emerged. These proposals…
PIJIP Research Paper no. 2012-04 Author: Meera Nair Abstract: Despite global trends to expand the ambit of copyright, Canada and Israel both show promise in cultivating the principal of fairness when exercising exceptions to copyright. Their journeys were led by…