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property law serves the public interest.
Last January, Egypt and Tunisia enacted new constitutions in the context of the political changes they have been witnessing since the 2011 revolutions that overthrew the Mubarak and Ben Ali regimes. While most public attention has focused on how these constitutions have addressed hotly debated issues such as the structure of government, the role of […]
The cross regional statement below (Towards a Human Rights Approach to Intellectual Property) was delivered today – 14th March 2014 – by Egypt, on behalf of 90 countries, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. It states that: “International relevant organizations in the field of intellectual property should take fully into account the existing […]
Leaders in the Obama Administration, in state governments, and in corporate America have acknowledged the urgency of increasing access to higher education in the United States – particularly through community colleges. These leaders also recognize the importance of improving completion rates and educational outcomes for those who enroll. As we come to the close of […]
Treatment Action Campaign, Link, (CC-BY) Activists demand rapid completion of intellectual property policy six years in the making; without internationally recognised public health safeguards policy will be health disaster Author REPOST
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link, (CC-BY)] Only between 1-7% of books worldwide are published in formats accessible to blind people such as Braille, large print, audio, DAISY Inaugural meeting of Ghana stakeholder group, Accra. Credit: Judy Friend (Digital Accessible Information System). The aim of the Marrakesh Treaty, that creates an international legal framework to enable the […]
On March 4, 2013, the White House announced that it disagreed with the decision of the Librarian of Congress not to allow consumers to unlock their cell phones to access other mobile networks. The White House took this position in response to a “We The People” petition that gained over 114,000 signatures. With legislation to […]
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