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As you may know, we have been lobbying since 1998 for better copyright laws. On 27 July 2015, the Department of Trade and Industry published a new Copyright Amendment Bill for public comment. See: http://www.gov.za/documents/copyright-amendment-bill-comments-invited-27-jul-2015-0000. Now you have the chance to comment and ensure that the Copyright Bill provides adequate provisions for education, research, libraries, […]
SPARC press release, Link (CC-BY) Contact: Ranit Schmelzer 202-5380-1065 | sparcmedia@arl.org Washington, DC –The Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today passed S. 779, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, unanimously by voice vote and moved it to the full Senate for consideration. This marks the first time the Senate […]
The current Colombian copyright law appears to be a traditional copyright framework that seeks to protect authors and provides an enforcement mechanism[1] for those rights while at the same time providing limitations and exceptions in favor of public interests according to international standards.[2] A closer view of the law, however, reveals that Colombian copyright law […]
This post contains a brief summary of, and excerpt from, a report published by the Third World Network. Click here for the full report. (eds.) This document summarises some of the ways in which the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) can harm human rights. The analysis below only examines the impact on recommendations and comments by […]
The User Rights track of the Fourth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest (www.global-congress.org), Delhi, India, December 15-17, 2016, and a Focus Issue of the American University International Law Review seeks research contributions. Accepted paper proposals will be given opportunities to present and seek feedback on their draft work at the Global […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | CONTACT: Nicole L’Esperance (Blumenauer), 202-225-4811 Aaron Hunter (Davis), 202-225-1686 Patrick Malone (Himes), 202- 225-5541 Washington, DC – As Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiators meet in Hawaii, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Susan Davis (CA-53), Jim Himes (CT-04), and other Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives who recently voted to grant President […]
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