[University of Cape Town IP Unit, Link, (CC-BY-SA)] On 5 May 2016, the Gauteng High Court delivered the long awaited decision in Moneyweb v Media24. The case’s history is nicely captured here. In a nutshell, the case dealt with, among…
EIFL campaign to mark UNESCO World Book & Copyright Day and WIPO World Intellectual Property Day 2016 [Teresa Hackett, Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] In the digital environment, librarians deal with questions of copyright every day. But restrictive copyright…
[Tim Vollmer, Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY)] April saw lots of activity on the open science front in the European Union. On April 19, the European Commission officially announced its plans to create an “Open Science Cloud”. Accompanying this initiative, the…
[Jessica Coates, ADA, Link (CC-BY)] The Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) welcomes the sensible and much needed proposals for changes to Australia’s copyright law contained in the draft report of the Productivity Commission’s Intellectual Property Arrangement Inquiry, which was released today.…
Presented by the Colombian civil society organizations: Ifarma Foundation, Misión Salud and CIMUN Dear Mr. Bhanu Pratap Sharma, Chairman. We would like to transmit to you and all assistants our best wishes for the success of this session, where governments,…
[World Blind Union] The European Blind Union (EBU) and World Blind Union (WBU) have sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, and Vice-President, Mr. Andrus Ansip, urging them to put an end to the obstruction of the…
[Joint civil society letter, Link] Dear Member of Congress: As organizations concerned with public health in the United States and across the world, we are alarmed by the implications for access to medicines of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), signed by…
EIFL joins an open letter to the European Commission calling for ambitious copyright reform without curtailing internet freedoms [Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] EIFL has joined an open letter addressed to senior figures at the European Commission responsible for the…
The European Union has published its report on the 12th round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment (TTIP) negotiations, held in Brussels Februiary 22-26. The full document is available here. The section reporting on the intellectual property negotiation (pp. 15-16) follows:…
New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Link) Submissions are due by 5pm on Wednesday, 30 March 2016 Submission template (MS Word) Discussion paper (PDF) Summary: On 9 March 2016, the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs announced the…
Open Education Week is a global event that seeks to raise awareness of free and open sharing in education and the benefits they bring to teachers and learners. Coordinated by the Open Education Consortium, the event showcases projects, resources, and ideas from around…
[Australian Digital Alliance, Link (CC-BY)] This week is Fair Use Week/Fair Dealing Week, and initiative started by the Association of Research Libraries which celebrates the importance of flexible exceptions to copyright systems around the world. So it seems like the perfect…