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US Trade Associations Write Congressional Leadership on IP in India, Suggest WTO Dispute Settlement As a Negotiating Tool

Twenty trade associations have written the House and Senate leadership urging Congressional engagement on the trade relationship between the U.S. and India. Their letter identifies intellectual property protection as an “ongoing challenge.” It highlights diplomatic structures where the countries have discussed IP and other issues, then notes that “WTO dispute settlement has played and should […]

The Delhi University Case: Equity in Education More Important Than Copyrights

[Communia-Association, Link (CC-0)] As the copyright reform process continues in Europe, it is worth noting the result of an Indian case concerning photocopying and the extent of the educational exception. In 2012, Delhi University and a small photocopy shop named Rameshwari Photocopy Service were sued by Oxford and Cambridge University Presses together with the Taylor […]

Looking Above and Beyond the Blunt Expectation: Specified Request As the Recommended Approach to Intermediary Liability in Cyberspace

Author: Krzysztof Garstka Abstract: Following the publication of the Digital Single Market agenda, it became clear that establishing the place of online intermediaries in the regulatory framework for combating illicit content on the Internet remains one of the key challenges for European regulators. This article looks at the landscape of corresponding enforcement strategies within the […]

World Health Assembly to Discuss UN High Level Report on Access to Medicines

[Reposted from the Third World Network, Link] The forthcoming 70th World Health Assembly (WHA) will discuss access to medicines including the United Nations Secretary General’s High Level Panel Report on Access to Medicines (UNHLP report). The inclusion of this agenda item has been a topic for debate and the 140th meeting of the Executive Board […]

Sign-On Letter to Members of the European Parliament: We Need A Better Copyright Reform for Education

This sign-on letter is being circulated by the Communia Association. Click here to sign by February 6. Quality and inclusive education is the cornerstone of securing Europe’s future. We, advocates of quality education in Europe, are contacting you because we are concerned thatthe language of the new education exception proposed in the directive on Copyright […]

The U.S. ‘Six Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Scheme is Dead

Ernesto, TorrentFreak, Link (CC-BY-NC) The “six-strikes” Copyright Alert System is no more. In a brief announcement, MPAA, RIAA, and several major US ISPs said that the effort to educate online pirates has stopped. It’s unclear why the parties ended their voluntary agreement, but the lack of progress reports in recent years indicates that it wasn’t […]