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100 civil society groups and academics have asked the World Intellectual Property Organization to postpone an upcoming Africa IP Forum it is co-organizing with IP-owning firms, their trade associations, and developed country governments. The letter warns that the agenda advanced by the sponsors will not benefit development in Africa – rather it would lead to […]
In the past weeks, Americans have been realizing that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) might not have been the Great War, but a short battle in hostilities of grander proportions. This is not the first time copyright policy-making has lacked balance, lost its sense of proportion, or threatened civil liberties. It’s just the first […]
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Whitehouse Posts Comments Received on Public Access to Digital Data and Peer Reviewed Articles The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recently issued two separate Requests for Information, to solicit comments about public access to the output of federally funded research – one regarding scholarly […]
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recently issued two separate Requests for Information on public access to the output of federally funded research – one regarding scholarly publications and one regarding digital data. 377 comments were received about access to scholarly publications and 118 were received about access to data. The National […]
Paramount’s Vice President for Worldwide Content Protection & Outreach has sent letters to university professors regarding the SOPA/PIPA backlash, asking if the company can give presentations and hold the discussions at their schools. Says the letter: “our goal would be to exchange ideas about content theft, its challenges and possible ways to address it. We […]
The BBC reports that there are over 100 protests scheduled against the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) this week, including coordinated actions on Saturday, February 11. To date, over 1.75 million people have signed a petition – ACTA: The New Threat to the Net – on avaaz.org urging EU Members not to ratify ACTA. These developments […]
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