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Amersterdam University Press has published Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age, by Philippe Aigrain – CEO of the Society for Public Information Spaces and one of the founders of La Quadrature du Net. It is available in print or for free download on a site that also lets you access the source code […]
The Treatment Action Campaign has issued a Briefing providing a great summary of the campaign launched last year trying to convince/force the S. Africa government to adopt TRIPS-compliant flexibilities in its patent regime and thereafter to use them to increase access to medicines: http://www.tac.org.za/community/node/3241. People should also take a look at the wonderful Equal Treatment magazine […]
On January 26, the European Union signed the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement, prompting protests both online and in the streets, as well as the resignation of the EU Special Rapporteur for ACTA, Kader Arif. On January 30, EC Commissioner for Trade Karl De Gucht wrote members of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade, asking them […]
Infojustice Roundup – January 30 Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Public Interest Organizations Address Negotiation of Trans Pacific Partnershp in Los Angeles This week, Trans Pacific Partnership negotiators are holding a closed-door “mini-ministerial” on intellectual property in Los Angeles. This morning, civil society groups held a briefing at the University of Southern California to […]
On January 30 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and the non-profit advocacy organization Knowledge Ecology International sponsored an event discussing public interest concerns with the closed door negotiation of an intellectual property chapter in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. The webcast for the […]
The controversy in the United States over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has profound implications for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. The SOPA debate underscores the importance of striking the proper balance in intellectual property laws to promote creativity and innovation. It demonstrates that over-protection can stifle free expression and the effective operation […]
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