Analysis at the intersection of intellectual
property law and the public interest.
In a recent decision of the D.C. Circuit, in American Society for Testing and Materials v. PublicResource.org, the Court affirmed the District Court’s finding that the publishing of the Code of Federal Regulations online constituted fair use by Public Resource. The Court opined “Many private organizations develop and copyright suggested technical standards for an industry, […]
by Beatriz Busaniche, Fundación Vía Libre (A2K Alliance) In recent days, intellectual property has been in the news in Argentina. The Government tried to regulate by decree the recognition of an NGO called Centro de Derechos Reprográficos de la República Argentina (CADRA) as a monopolistic entity of collective management of reprography, digital reproduction, public communication […]
By Patricia Diaz on behalf of A2KLatam Alliance A2KLatam Alliance member organizations published a position paper expressing their concerns regarding the inclusion of an initiative on the agenda of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR/WIPO) to promote payment systems for public lending rights (SCCR/40/3 REV.2). The position paper recommends that the appropriateness […]
By Viviana Rangel – Patricia Díaz The Latin American Alliance for Fair Access to Knowledge highlights in an article for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) blog the critical role of copyright in enabling efficient AI research with massive data. It underscores the current absence of proper rights management in Latin America and its potential impact on innovation, productivity, […]
By Carolina Botero A proposal from Sierra Leone, Panama and Malawi to conduct a study on the public lending right was approved by WIPO last March. In a position paper, a civil society alliance in the region explains why it is not a good idea. These countries are proposing to recognize a public lending right […]
Vyas discusses copyright’s “balance” metaphor, alleged to have originated in the 1785 British case Sayre v. Moore. This paper aims to contribute to the exploration of the genealogy of this concept in copyright, especially in the Indian context and examines the impact of its use on knowledge governance. It claims that the roots of copyright’s […]