Stichting Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland (BREIN) announced that it and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) convinced hosting companies to take down 51 torrent sites in January. Last year, BREIN says they won the takedown of over 600…
The Brazilian Ministry of Culture has removed the logo of the Creative Commons license from its website. Since Gilberto Gil was ahead of the Ministry (2003-2008), all the content of the website has been licensed in Creative Commons.
On January 18, the Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus held the Seventh Annual State of the Net Conference to discuss current issues and upcoming legislation in 2011. The event brought together industry groups, consumer groups, and government officials…
The East African Standard has reported that Anand Grover, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Anand Grover will “intervene as an interested party to support the constitutional principles of access to essential medicines” in a court case against…
The Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus is holding its 2011 “State of the Net Conference” on January 18 and 19 in Washington, D.C. The industry-sponsored event will include keynote addresses by Representatives Blackburn and Goodlatte, Department of Commerce…
Against the odds, the government of the recently-elected Brazilian President Dilma Roussef didn´t start well for the critics of the Brazilian copyright law and activists of the movement on access to knowledge, who highlights the need to enforce exceptions and…
A public letter from activists, academics and artists to the recently appointed Brazilian Minister of Culture, Ana de Hollanda, is currently requesting the continuation of the copyright reform and is open for worldwide signatures.
IP Watch on January 25 published GlaxoSmithKline’s position statement on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The company generally supports the agreement, as it “fully supports any efforts aimed at ensuring strong enforcement of IPRs.” GSK would have preferred to have seen…