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Negotiations over a treaty on limitations and exceptions to copyright for the visually impaired are concluding at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. The proposed treaty would reduce copyright barriers to reading materials in formats for the visually impaired, such as braille and audio. Early reports indicate that, despite strong support for […]
Infojustice Roundup WIPO 24th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights Debates The 24th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is currently underway at WIPO, which has posted meeting documents here, and a live webcast here. Last week’s discussions featured the debate over the treaty for limitations and exceptions for people with disabilities, […]
Rollbacks of Modest Bush-Era Improvements on Access to Medicines Would Empower Big Pharma, Expand Monopolies WASHINGTON, D.C. – To achieve the “AIDS-free generation” for which President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, among others, have called, we must break the monopoly power of drug companies and change the U.S. approach to trade pacts, […]
[Reposted from treatpeopleright.org] “Treating people right” means many things, but one of the things it means is that people living with and at risk of HIV/AIDS must have immediate and affordable access to new medicines, diagnostics, and other medical technologies to ensure that their rights to health, to reduced risks of transmission to and from […]
This was the statement read out by Pranesh Prakash at the 24th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva, on Monday, July 23, 2012, specifically on the Chair’s Non Paper on the Protection of Broadcasters which was released this morning. It was originally posted at http://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-statement-sccr24-broadcast-treaty Author Pranesh Prakash
The U.S. Trade Representative has announced that it is seeking public comments in written form “on all elements related to Canada’s [and Mexcio’s] participation in the TPP negotiations in order to develop U.S. negotiating positions.” It will also hold public hearings on the entry of these countries into the negotiations. The deadline for written comments […]
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