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The beginning of the end of apartheid came very suddenly so was a turbulent period with emotions running very high, veering from extreme euphoria at the prospect of a free and democratic South Africa, to an overwhelming sense of fear that this dramatic change might prove illusory. There are memories of the period that remain very vivid, in spite of
[Jacob Flynn, Rebecca Giblin, and François Petitjean] Copyright’s underuse hypothesis is simple: that, unless publishers are assured of exclusive rights in older works, they won’t continue to invest in making them available. This of course contradicts a core tenet of classical economic theory, that investors will continue to produce copies of books (or anything else) so long as they can
This note describes the limitations that the World Trade Organization agreements place on criteria for generalized systems of preference programs, such as those included in AGOA. First, the GSP enabling clause requires that factors be non-reciprocal, general, and oriented toward the recipients’ development. These standards may be violated when criteria are not based on a broad based international norm such
[Deborah Gleeson, Joel Lexchin, Ronald Labonté, Belinda Townsend, Marc-André Gagnon, Jillian Kohler, Lisa Forman, and Kenneth C. Shadlen] Abstract: Trade and investment agreements negotiated after the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) have included increasingly elevated protection of intellectual property rights along with an expanding array of rules impacting many aspects of pharmaceutical policy.
[Communia Association] We are thrilled to release our Guidelines for Implementation of the DSM Directive. These guidelines explain different provisions of the new Copyright Directive and make suggestions on what to advocate for during the implementation process of those provisions in the EU Member States. They are aimed at local advocates and national policy makers, and have the general objective
[International Federation of Library Associations] A major advance in the most recent European copyright reform has been the inclusion of a ‘contract override’ provision for most of the new copyright exceptions. This addresses the problem that thanks to the principle of freedom of contract, libraries can often find themselves with fewer possibilities to allow for access to, and use of,
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