Day May 14, 2013

WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired Flounders

As negotiators at WIPO prepare for a June 17-22 diplomatic conference in Marrakesh to create a new international instrument/treaty for the benefit of the visually impaired.  The treaty is intended, by its proponents, to make copyright works more accessible to…

Copyright in France: Wishful Thinking and Real Dangers

[La Quadrature du Net, Link (CC-BY-SA)]  Pierre Lescure has handed in his report [fr] on culture at the digital era to French President François Hollande1. La Quadrature du Net denounces a flawed political process revealing the harmful influence of industrial…