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Dear Ambassador Kirk: We appreciate having had the opportunity to meet recently with members of the Administration regarding the position the United States has taken concerning limitations and exceptions in copyright law as part of the Intellectual Property chapter of the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). We write to follow up by expressing our […]
The Japanese Diet legislature voted on Thursday to ratify the Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The Inquirer reports that the agreement was rushed through the House in the middle of the night, in a matter of minutes. According to Tech Dirt, the upper house of the legislature had already voted to ratify the agreement last summer. On […]
In an unprecedented action the Colombian Copyright Office opened a consultation process for citizen participation on the instrument for limitations and exceptions to copyright for the visually impaired that is currently in discussions at WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (see the WIPO working document, in Spanish). The Colombian’s Copyright Office’s mechanism is […]
Next Round of TPP Negotiations Begins on Thursday; Comments on the Entry of Canada and Mexico Due Tomorrow The fourteenth round of negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement begins on September 6 and runs through the 15th. There will be a stakeholder forum on Sunday the 9th. USTR has previously told stakeholders that the […]
Nearly 12,000 people have signed a petition in support of a lawsuit challenging Colombia's copyright bill passed last year to comply with the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Senator Camilo Romero has challenged the controversial law (known popularly as "Ley Lleras 2") in the Constitutional Court. He warns that the law severely limits rights such as freedom of expression and privacy,
Access Info Europe is leading a new campaign to create Open Government Standards and promote them around the world. The idea is to set standards on what open, transparent, accountable and participatory government really means. Open Government is a hot topic right now, but what does it really mean in practice? What should governments be […]
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