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By Sean Flynn Pedro Roffe Rosenfeld, the former Director of the UNCTAD-ICTSD Project on Intellectual Property and Development, and an important contributor to debates and policy making at the intersection of intellectual property and development, passed away on October 1, in Lausanne, Switzerland. He died peacefully surrounded by his family Emilia, Irina and Dariela. His […]
Creative Commons held a one-day workshop before kickstarting the CC Global Summit 2023 in Mexico City. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss issues related to Artificial Intelligence, creators, and the commons, and to help Creative Commons and the global community navigate the emerging issues in the face of generative AI and its impact […]
Repost from IFLA It can often feel like governments are playing catch-up with the internet. As digital technologies play an increasingly indispensable role in everything we do, the risks that they also bring are becoming clearer. As a result, there is pressure on decision-makers to ‘do something’, in order to respond to increasingly widespread concerns. […]
By Rachael G Samberg rsamberg@berkeley.edu and Timothy Vollmer tvollmer@berkeley.edu In August 2022, the UC Berkeley Library and Internet Archive were awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to study legal and ethical issues in cross-border text and data mining (TDM). The project, entitled Legal Literacies for Text Data Mining – Cross-Border (“LLTDM-X”), […]
By Andres Izquierdo In the political declaration of the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the General Assembly of the United Nations, it is stated that there will be a continued increase in investment in inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all. This commitment encompasses various […]
Members of the Access to Knowledge Coalition released an analysis of the major agenda items of the 44th session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights that will take place in Geneva from 6-8 November 2023 (SCCR/44). The analysis opposes the draft Broadcasting Treaty, proposes a way forward for the limitations and exceptions […]
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