[Parminder Jeet Singh, IP Watch, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA) The World Wide Web today stands at a crossroads, as its standards body, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), considers the demand of big content providers to provide them with the facility to…
It Falls to the European Parliament to Undo Deeply Damaging Digital Policies of the European Commission March 20, 2017, Open Media, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA) In response to today’s release of Copyright Rapporteur Therese Comodini Cachia MEP’s draft report on updates to…
[Anna Mazgal, Communia Association, Link (CC-0)] It is great that ITRE Rapporteur Zdzisław Krasnodębski joined IMCO Rapporteur Catherine Stihler in thinking that the right to read is the right to mine. As we explained in detail, his draft proposal opens…
Civil Society Statement circulated by Haochen Sun, Associate Professor of Law and Director, Law and Technology Centre, The University of Hong Kong. Click here to sign the Statement. Click here to download the Statement. Introduction: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership…
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] In 2016, libraries globally were set to spend 30 billion USD on books, journals, databases and other information resources, mostly paid from public funds. So when it comes to using the resources, libraries want…
– Demonstrations held at Roche & pharma associations in South Africa, Malaysia, UK, France, Zambia, Brazil, US – Further campaign activity in India, Russia, Ukraine, Morocco, Zimbabwe – 108 organisations endorse a letter to Roche [TAC Press Release, Link (CC-BY)]…
This sign-on letter is being circulated by the Communia Association. Click here to sign by February 6. Quality and inclusive education is the cornerstone of securing Europe’s future. We, advocates of quality education in Europe, are contacting you because we…
Medicines Patent Pool Press Release Contact: Katherine Moore In an effort to improve the international response to combatting multidrug-resistant TB, MPP and Johns Hopkins University sign licensing agreement for investigational treatment sutezolid Geneva, 25 January 2017 — The Medicines…
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] European Commission proposals for European Union (EU) copyright reform are entering a crucial phase as they come under the scrutiny of co-decision makers, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the voice…
[Lina Daniels, IP Watch, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA)] CAPE TOWN, South Africa — “Fair use” was at the heart of discussions between intellectual property stakeholders at a recent workshop called to discuss the revised draft copyright amendment bill of South Africa. The…
[Kerry Sheehan, EFF, Link (CC-BY)] We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law, and…
[Joint Statement] On Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th January, representatives of European governments will discuss draft legislation to implement the Marrakesh Treaty in the European Union (EU). As IFLA and partner organisations have underlined, this is an opportunity to make…