[Till Kreutzer, Initiative Against an Ancillary Copyright, Link (CC-BY)] Yesterday, Statewatch leaked a draft version of the Impact Assessment (IA) report for the upcoming copyright reform. Concerning the area of publisher’s rights it leaves a devastating impression. The authors of…
Singapore Ministry of Law (Link) Consultation Period: 23 Aug 2016 to 24 Oct 2016 Copyright is a form of intellectual property right which gives creators and producers of creative works the right to control specific uses of their works for…
[Marcus Low, Business Day, Link] It is often argued that weakening patent monopolies on pharmaceuticals will lead to fewer new medicines being discovered. Whether this is indeed the case, and to what extent, is one of the key questions that must be…
The New Zealand Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade has posted draft legislation to bring its law into compliance with the Trans Pacific Partnership, as well comments on the legislation, all of which are available here. The following…
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] New EIFL resources document the recent changes in Polish copyright law that bring library services in Poland into the 21st century. The centrepiece for libraries of the new copyright legislation are provisions that enable…
China joins the ranks of the world’s 25 most-innovative economies, while Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Finland and Singapore lead the 2016 rankings in the Global Innovation Index, released today by Cornell University, INSEAD and the…
Electronic Information for Libraries (CC-BY) 05 August 2016 | Contacts: jean.fairbairn@eifl.net: Communications Manager teresa.hackett@eifl.net: Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager Restrictive copyright laws create legal barriers to using resources for education, research and socio-economic development. This can have significant consequences for…
Letter from 56 Non-profit Organizations and Academic Experts to Secretary Kerry Regarding State Department Pressure Against Access to Medicines Efforts [PDF] July 20, 2016 Dear Secretary Kerry: We are writing to express our concern about recent statements made by representatives…
[South Africa Department of Trade and Industry, Link] The National Development Plan (NDP) calls for greater emphasis on innovation, improved productivity, more intensive pursuit of a knowledge economy and better exploitation of comparative and competitive advantages. Intellectual property (IP) is…
STOP AIDS Press Release Contact: Diarmaid@stopaids.org.uk July 19, 2016, Durban At the 2016 International AIDS Conference held in Durban, South Africa, treatment access advocates presented a huge greeting card addressed to President Obama from Big Pharma to US Ambassador Patrick…
Dimitar Dimitrov, Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, Link, (CC-BY) Thanks to synchronised interplay between our EU-level policy initiative and the steady work of our Belgian community, a new copyright exception allowing for thousands of new images on Wikimedia projects is…
[Charlie Fripp, htxt.africa, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA)] After a series of public consultations and written submissions, South Africa’s somewhat controversial Copyright Amendment Bill will be put before parliament this month. The Bill has been both praised and criticised by activists at the Electronic…