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August 6, 2012

Infojustice Roundup U.S. Proposal for Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright in the TPP Over the weekend, the U.S. proposal for limitations and exceptions to copyright in the Trans Pacific Partnership was leaked by KEI, and is available along with a statement here. Earlier this week, PIJIP Professors Peter Jaszi, Michael Carroll and Sean Flynn released […]

Text of U.S. Proposal for Limitations and Exceptions in the Trans Pacific Partnership

Knowledge Ecology International has posted the leaked text of the U.S. proposal for limitations and Exceptions to copyright in the TPP negotiations: http://keionline.org/node/1516   Author Mike Palmedo Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. […]

Public Statement on the U.S. Proposal for a Limitations and Exceptions Clause in the Trans-Pacific Partnership

[UPDATE, AUGUST 3: The text of the U.S. proposal has been leaked and posted online by KEI here.] Professors Peter Jaszi, Michael Carroll and Sean Flynn Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property American University Washington College of Law PRINTABLE PDF VERSION The Office of the United States Trade Representative made a public announcement through […]

Draft 2 of Creative Commons License 4.0 Ready for Public Comment

[Blog by Diane Peters, originally posted at creativecommons.org] We are pleased to post draft 2 of 4.0 for public discussion. This comes after several months of substantive conversations on a number of policy issues, with input solicited from our global community on the CC license-development list (archive), through affiliate consultations, via comments posted directly on […]

La Quadrature du Net: Proposals for the reform of copyright and related culture and media policy

[repost from La Quadrature du Net] Now that the ACTA treaty has been rejected by the European Parliament, a period opens during which it will be possible to push for a new regulatory and policy framework adapted to the digital era. Many citizens and MEPs support the idea of reforming copyright in order to make […]

July 30, 2012

Infojustice Roundup WIPO Concludes SCCR Talks on Limitations and Exceptions, and on Broadcaster Rights The WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) concluded its 24th session last week. Activists supporting the treaty for limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons were disappointed by moves by the U.S. and EU delegations to block the […]