The copyright industries hire a lot of people, and employment figures are often used to argue for stronger protection for rightholders. But do the industries in countries with stronger protection for rightholders hire more people than the same industries in…
Today, the long-awaited Google Books opinion is out. And it’s a winner. The New York district court dismissed the case, writing that “Goggle’s [sic] motion for summary judgment is granted and plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment is denied.” Although…
The Irish Copyright Review Committee has released its report, Modernising Copyright. Below are two excerpts from the introduction. Click here for the full report. Summary of Recommendations The centerpiece recommendations relate to the establishment of a Copyright Council of Ireland…
Yesterday, American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property held an even the Law and Economics of Copyright Users’ Rights. The event was the launch of an interdisciplinary project to conduct empirical research on the effects of flexibility in…
Economists and legal experts will join in a public discussion of the social and economic benefits of copyright users’ rights on September 26 from 2pm at American University Washington College of Law. The event will bring together top scholars in…
On September 26, AUWCL’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property will hold a public conference on The Law and Economics of Copyright Users Rights. It will serve as a launch of an interdisciplinary project to conduct empirical research on…
Two events this week will examine issues in international intellectual property. September 11, The Promise and the Peril of Intellectual Property Licensing for Indigenous Assets. September 12, The Marrekesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually…
There are a series of meetings at the Creative Commons Global Summit this week on promoting the public interest and protection of the public domain in copyright reform. PIJIP has been working for two years on research and advocacy promoting…
Hello! I’m Brandon Butler, the newest kid on the PIJIP block. Starting this fall I’m the Practitioner-in-Residence at the Glushko Samuelson IP Clinic. For four years I was the Director of Public Policy Initiatives at the Association of Research Libraries,…
[Reposted from DisCo, Link] Earlier this summer, I gave a talk in Seoul, Korea regarding how the United States actually has two copyright policies: one domestic and one foreign. These policies differ both in terms of how they are formulated,…
The Fair Use Doctrine in the United States — A Response to the Kernochan Report, by Gwen Hinze, Peter Jaszi & Matthew Sag, July 26, 2013. [Reposted from matthewsag.com] Our submission provides a brief overview of the U.S. experience of the…
67 legal academics have endorsed a letter to Colombian leaders to express concern over copyright legislation intended to implement the country’s obligations under their trade agreement with the U.S. The letter warns that the provisions in the legislation “restrict the…