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Global campaign to legislate on heritage preservation started in Bogota

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WIPO Launches Toolkit on Preservation to Safeguard Cultural Heritage

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin=”-88px|||||”] WIPO has launched a new Preservation Toolkit to guide national legislators in crafting copyright provisions for digital preservation of cultural materials. This toolkit addresses the need for updated legal frameworks, highlighted by […]

Brazil Ambassador Warns of Copyright Enclosure

This is the personal view of Guilherme Patriota, Brazil’s Ambassador to the WTO, speaking in a wide-ranging interview with South African filmmaker Ben Cashdan, released this week. According to Patriota, the Global South is in particular danger of being harmed by copyright implementation which fails to take sufficient account of the public interest in fields […]

New Report on Brazil AI Remuneration Bill

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Summary of User Rights Network Symposium: Protecting Copyright User Rights from Contractual Override

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” min_height=”900.7px” custom_margin=”-105px|||||”] On May 18, 2023, the American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP), the American Library Association, and the Association of Research Libraries hosted a […]

The African Union’s Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”1px|||||” min_height=”696.9px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”0px|||||” custom_margin=”-77px|||||”] In July 2024, the African Union Executive Council endorsed “The Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy,” which emphasizes the importance of AI in reshaping economies, societies, and geopolitics, with significant implications […]

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