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COPYRIGHT: EIFL CALLS FOR LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR UKRAINE

The European Commission and the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (IP office) held their annual IP Dialogue under the Association Agreement between the European Commission and Ukraine on October 19, 2023. The Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) submitted written comments for the meeting, in which it acknowledges some the new exceptions for […]

Comments on Creative Commons Statement on Copyright and Generative AI 

Sean Flynn, Director, PIJIP At this year’s Creative Commons (CC) Global Summit in Mexico City, a group of CC members “identified a set of common issues and values” on copyright and artificial intelligence. The ideas were published on the CC blog as a way “for further community discussion and to help CC and the global […]

Shane Rattenbury, the Productivity Commission, and the Right to Repair: Intellectual Property, Consumer Rights, and Sustainable Development in Australia

Berkeley Technology Law Journal Matthew Rimmer Abstract This Article tells the story of the fight for the right to repair in Australia. It is intended to complement comparative research elsewhere, looking at the right to repair in the United States and Canada; the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the European Union; and other jurisdictions, such as […]

U.S. Copyright Office Extends Deadline for Comments on Artificial Intelligence Notice of Inquiry:

[From the U.S. Copyright Office website] The U.S. Copyright Office extended the deadline to submit comments in response to its August 30, 2023, notice of inquiry regarding artificial intelligence and copyright. The new deadlines will ensure that members of the public have sufficient time to prepare fulsome responses to the Office’s questions so the Office […]

The Medical Right to Repair: Intellectual Property, the Maker Movement, and COVID-19

by Matthew RimmerFaculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, AustraliaSustainability 2023, 15(20), 14839; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152014839 Received: 31 July 2023 / Revised: 6 September 2023 / Accepted: 13 September 2023 / Published: 13 October 2023 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Post-COVID-19 […]

The Future of Openness: IFLA at the Creative Commons Global Summit and what it means for libraries: 

IFLA participated in several events at the Creative Commons Global Summit this year to further articulate the values of the ‘Towards a Recommendation on Open Culture (TAROC)’ initiative led by CC. This initiative “opens up a wealth of opportunities to advocate for the role of libraries and their collections in supporting the development of thriving […]