Jahan ‘Harry’ Taubman-Rezakhanlou for Intellectual Property Watch Link (CC-BY-NC-SA) More than 50 members of the United States Congress today sent a letter urging the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to exercise…
[CC Korea, host of the 2015 CC Global Summit, Link (CC-BY)] This ebook is a compilation of keynote speeches and major sessions selected by keyword from the program of the Creative Commons Global Summit 2015 held in Seoul, Korea from…
IP and Development Track Organizers, Reposted from global-congress.org WRAP-UP NOTE 1: FEEDBACK ON BROAD DISCUSSION IN THE IP AND DEV TRACK – SET OF COLLECTED KEY POINTS This year, the discussions included attention to broad perspectives on clarifying the meaning and…
[Gisela Pérez de Acha and Pepe Flores, Digital Rights LAC, Link (CC-BY)] On November 6 2015, the Mexican Ministry of Economy made public the Spanish version of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), allowing a wider view about the effects that the…
MPP, AbbVie and South African Department of Health work together to establish long-term solutions for antiretroviral therapies (ARVs) [MPP Press Release, Link (CC-BY)] The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) today announced a new licensing agreement with AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company,…
Document presented by the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) to the 31 Session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights Full Document (PDF) Introduction: GRULAC presents a proposal of discussion on questions regarding the update…
[Ryan Merkley, Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY)] I’m proud to share with you Creative Commons’ 2015 State of the Commons report, our best effort to measure the immeasurable scope of the commons by looking at the CC licensed content, along with…
[Maira Sutton, EFF, Link (CC-BY)] The Internet is a diverse ecosystem of private and public stakeholders. By excluding a large sector of communities—like security researchers, artists, libraries, and user rights groups—trade negotiators skewed the priorities of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)…
[La Quadrature du Net, Link (CC-BY-SA)] Today, the European Commission has presented its proposal to reform copyright law in the European Union. This package includes a proposal for a regulation on portability of online services, as well as a communication…
[International Federation of Library Associations, Link (CC-BY)] Today IFLA joined a wide coalition of stakeholders representing civil society, news publishers, libraries, consumers and the digital industry in expressing concern regarding the European Commission’s approach in consulting on copyright matters. We…
[Ernesto for TorrentFreak, Link (CC-BY)] The German Supreme Court has opened the door for ISP blockades of copyright infringing sites. In a landmark decision the court ruled that ISPs can be required to block websites if copyright holders fail to…
[Software Freedom Law Center, Link (CC-BY-SA)] The first official public release of the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (known universally as the TPP) on November 5, 2015 generated much heated speculation. The ideal of “open agreements, openly arrived…