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property law serves the public interest.
Author: Karolina Andersdotter Abstract: This master’s thesis focuses on the argumentation of library organisations and European national libraries in their contributions to the European Commission’s public consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules. This study aims to explain how the debate around copyright limitations and exceptions is constructed in library stakeholders’ contributions. The […]
Expanded coalition calls for urgent approval of National Policy on Intellectual Property [Lotti Rutter, Treatment Access Campaign, Link (CC-BY)] Today, patient groups and other leading health organisations in South Africa have joined the Fix the Patent Laws campaign to push for reform of the country’s current patent laws that severely restrict access to affordable medicines […]
Authors: Christian Handke, Lucie Guibault and Joan-Josep Vallbé Abstract: This empirical paper discusses how copyright affects data mining (DM) by academic researchers. With the diffusion of digital information technology, DM is widely expected to increase the productivity of all kinds of research activities. Author Papers
[Joint Letter from 70 civil society groups to the Members of the World Trade Organization, PDF] As civil society organizations concerned with ensuring prompt availability of affordable medicines in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) we call on WTO Members to unconditionally accord the LDC Group an extension of the transition period with respect to pharmaceutical products […]
[Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge, Link, (CC-BY)] Worldwide 150 million people are living with Hepatitis C. In countries like Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Ukraine and Russia 59 million people have Hepatitis C, and worldwide 700,000 people are dying preventable deaths from liver cancer and liver disease. Pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences is seeking illegitimate patents […]
[Cross posted from brandonbutler.info, Link, (CC-BY)] Wednesday was day two of the Washington, D.C. portion of the triennial rule making to determine whether breaking digital locks that block copying from DVDs, Blu-ray, and other digital media should be allowed in a series of defined cases. There was also a series of hearings in Los Angeles, CA, […]
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