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Implementing the Marrakesh Treaty in Latin America: A Look at the Experiences of Four CC Community Members

[Brigitte Vézina and Scann] Four years ago today, the Marrakesh Treaty entered into force. The Treaty is truly special in the international copyright law universe: it has a clear humanitarian and social development dimension and it’s the first international treaty that focuses on the beneficiaries of limitations and exceptions, rather than on the rights of creators or holders of related

EIFL-KLISC Fact Sheet on US-Kenya Trade Talks

[Electronic Information for Libraries] EIFL and our partner library consortium in Kenya, the Kenya Libraries and Information Services Consortium (KLISC), have issued a fact sheet on the proposed US-Kenya Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement that aims to strengthen economic ties between the US and Kenya... At least 20 priority areas for negotiation have been identified, including

Is the right to exclusivity a Hamlet question?

[Justice Prabha Sridevan] Today the judicial authority may be faced with balancing patent rights and patients’ rights or right to life. It shall use all the tools at its command and innovate if necessary, but shall rule in favour of life.

The New Related Right for Press Publishers: What Way Forward?

[Silvia Scalzini] Abstract: Following the entry into force of Directive 2019/790/EU, a new related right has been added to the EU catalogue (Article 15). Indeed, a new right has been introduced in favour of press publishers for the reproduction and making available to the public of press publications in respect of online uses by information society service providers. The main

Digital Piracy and the Perception of Price Fairness: Evidence from a Field Experiment

[Anna Kukla-Gryz, Joanna Tyrowicz & Michał Krawczyk] Abstract: We study a relationship between perceived price fairness and digital piracy. In a large-scale field experiment on customers of a leading ebook store, we employ the Bayesian truth serum to elicit the information on acquiring books from unauthorized sources (often referred to as digital piracy). We provide empirical evidence in support of

A New Trend in Trade Agreements: Ensuring Access to Cancer Drugs

[Maria Fabiana Jorge] Abstract: ... prices are clearly out of reach for most patients who will need them increasingly more to stay alive. While competition is critical to ensure lower drug prices, we have seen a number of strategies, including through trade agreements, to prevent competition and extend monopolies over these drugs and their very high drug prices. It is