Ernesto, TorrentFreak, Link (CC-BY-NC) The “six-strikes” Copyright Alert System is no more. In a brief announcement, MPAA, RIAA, and several major US ISPs said that the effort to educate online pirates has stopped....
Read MoreMedicines Patent Pool Press Release Contact: Katherine Moore In an effort to improve the international response to combatting multidrug-resistant TB, MPP and Johns Hopkins University sign licensing agreement for investigational...
Read More[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] European Commission proposals for European Union (EU) copyright reform are entering a crucial phase as they come under the scrutiny of co-decision makers, the European...
Read More[Lina Daniels, IP Watch, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA)] CAPE TOWN, South Africa — “Fair use” was at the heart of discussions between intellectual property stakeholders at a recent workshop called to discuss the revised draft copyright...
Read More[Kerry Sheehan, EFF, Link (CC-BY)] We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on...
Read More[Joint Statement] On Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th January, representatives of European governments will discuss draft legislation to implement the Marrakesh Treaty in the European Union (EU). As IFLA and partner organisations...
Read More[Anubha Sinha, CIS-India, Link (CC-BY)] The latest judgment in the matter of Super Cassettes v. Myspace is a landmark and progressive ruling, which strengthens the safe harbor immunity enjoyed by Internet intermediaries in...
Read MoreThis is a new book edited by Rebecca Giblin and Kimberlee Weatherall. It is available for purchase or free download here. What if we could start with a blank slate, and write ourselves a brand new copyright system? What if we...
Read MorePaul Keller, Communia Association, Link (CC-0) December 21, 2016 Last week a number of Europeana organisations representing libraries and other cultural heritage organizations released a joint response to the Commission’s...
Read More[Alex Howard, Sunlight Foundation, Link (CC-BY)] Amidst unanswered questions about the future of open government in the United States, the Senate has provided a unanimous endorsement of a set of enduring principles that the...
Read More[Prashant Reddy for IPKat, Link (CC-BY)] Academic publishing houses, OUP and CUP have suffered yet another defeat in their litigation against Delhi University and a photocopy shop when a Division Bench of the Delhi High...
Read More[MEP Therese Comodini Cachia, Rapporteur on Copyright Reform, Link] Say ‘copyright’ and often citizens immediately think of how they are unable to access or share music, films, images and news and of the several...
Read MoreAndy, TorrentFreak, Link (CC-BY-NC) A court in Germany has held the operator of a commercial website liable after it unknowingly linked to infringing content hosted elsewhere. The Hamburg Regional Court found that the link to a...
Read More[Timothy Vollmer, Communia, Link (CC-0)] Today we are publishing the second in a series of position papers dealing with the various parts of the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single...
Read More[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] EIFL joined a 13-strong team representing the world’s libraries, archives and museums advocating for an international treaty for fair access to knowledge at the World...
Read MoreExperts discuss “Copyright Enforcement in the Online World” at a high level event at the Council of Europe, with the participation of Andrus Ansip, Vice President of the European Commission & EU Commissioner for the Digital...
Read More[Electronic information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] EIFL has compiled a booklet of statements made by librarians and archivists representing thousands of institutions at sessions of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and...
Read MoreJoint letter from 316 civil society groups based in countries negotiating RCEP [Printable PDF] Dear Trade Ministers & Negotiators from the RCEP countries: This is an urgent call by 316 civil society organisations from across...
Read More[Creative Commons blog, Link (CC-BY)] Below is an update from Creative Commons Indonesia, who recently worked with their national copyright office on proposed changes to law that will secure the ability of creators to use CC and...
Read More[Paul Keller, Communia Assoc., Link (CC-0)] Last week the CJEU handed down another judgement dealing with digital activities of libraries (see our take on the e-lending decision from 2 weeks ago here). In its judgement in the...
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