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…
Large publishers are starting to pull out of the Health InterNetwork for Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), a system for providing free journals to low income countries established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001. Elsevier, Lippincott Williams &…
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…
Inside U.S. trade reports that the U.S. wants more time to consult with stakeholders before tabling text for the intellectual property chapter of the Trans Pacific Partnership. A USTR official quoted in the story referred to “very wide” differences in…
Media Piracy in Emerging Economies has been receiving a lot of attention in news and blogs. Examples… P2PNET.net. Global Piracy Claims: Report.Michael Geist. March 8. Tech Dirt. Massive Research Report On ‘Piracy’ In Emerging Economies Released; Debunks Entire Foundation Of…