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Day March 31, 2017

Limitations and Exceptions, Regional Fora

Spain’s El Pais Newspaper Comes Out Strongly Against Ancillary Copyright Madness

Natalia Mileszyk, Communia Association, Link (CC-0) One might think that the debate on the ancillary copyright for press publishers is over – both JURI Rapporteur MEP Therese Comodini Cachia and IMCO Rapporteur Catherine Stihler rejected the Commission’s proposal to provide publishers…

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March 31, 2017

US Domestic Policies

Scale Up of Hepatitis C Treatment Possible as Brazil Rejects Patent on Key Drug

Decision enables price reductions and scale-up of treatment that leads to cure in 95% of cases [Médecins Sans Frontières, Link] Treatment for hepatitis C using the key drug sofosbuvir could be vastly scaled up in Brazil after the decision by…

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March 31, 2017