[United Nations press release, Link] Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the report of the High-level Panel on Access to Medicines — “Promoting Innovation and Access to Health Technologies”, in New York...
Read MoreCatherine Saez for IP Watch, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA) The age of digitisation has opened new doors to distribution of information including for libraries and archives. However, librarians and archivists are often confronted with risk...
Read More[WIPO Press Release] The World Intellectual Property Organization today announced its new Open Access policy to promote the widest possible public access to its publications, furthering the Organization’s commitment to the...
Read More[Paul Keller, Comunia Assoc., Link (CC-0)] Yesterday the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered good news in a case that that eagerly watched by Librarians across the Europeana Union. In its judgement in the case VOB...
Read More[AFTINet Press Release, Link] “The Australian government should reject the push from US Republican Congress members to increase biologic medicine monopolies by seven years, even more than the extra three years which has already...
Read More[Timothy Vollmer, Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY)] Last month the European Commission released its proposed changes to copyright in the EU. Unfortunately, the proposal fails to deliver on the promise for a modern copyright law in...
Read MoreDaniel Schuman, Demand Progress, Link (CC-BY) I first started working for Congress as a senate intern in September 2001. I was 23 years old and had no experience working on policy. I found myself responding to letters from...
Read MoreThe Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) respectfully submits the following comments regarding the 2016 Special 301 Out of Cycle Review of Notorious Markets (Docket No. USTR-2016-2013), as requested by the U.S. Trade...
Read More[Jorge Gemetto, Creative Commons Uruguay, Link (CC-BY)] Last week, 14 people were convicted by an Uruguayan judge for the crime of making copies of educational resources. The defendants, owners of copy shops located near the...
Read MoreOver 11,000 People Join EFF’s Call to Protect Security Research and Repair [EFF Press Release, Link (CC-BY)] San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the U.S. Copyright Office today to protect the...
Read MoreClick here for a printable PDF Dear President Obama: As organizations that represent millions of Americans, including consumers, retirees, and patients, and that provide medical care globally, we are concerned about recent...
Read More95 health, community and development organisations in the Asia Pacific region call on trade ministers to reject provisions that would negatively affect access to generic medicines in the Regional Comprehensive Economic...
Read More[Darius Whelan and Louise Crowley, CC Ireland, Link (CC-BY)] Creative Commons Ireland has today submitted a letter to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation concerning the EU’s new proposed Directive on...
Read MoreEIFL joins celebrations at the inaugural Assembly of the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities; calls for an international treaty to support libraries’ public service mission Electronic Information for Libraries,...
Read MoreJoint letter signed by 25 European legal academics Full letter available on SSRN | Excerpt follows: It is clear both from the text of the E-commerce Directive and the CJEU case law that Member States shall not impose upon...
Read More[Tim Vollmer, Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY)] Last month the United Nations released a report with recommendations on how to improve innovation and access to health technologies. The panel’s charge called for it to “recommend...
Read MoreTeresa Hackett, Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY) On 30th September 2016, the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities enters into force. The treaty is a game-changer for people who are blind or...
Read MoreThe court conclusively stated that the reproduction of any work by a teacher or a pupil in the course of instruction would not constitute infringement. [Anubha Sinha, CIS-India, Link (CC-BY)] In a landmark judgment, Justice...
Read MoreTimothy Vollmer, Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY) Today Creative Commons, CC Colombia, and over a dozen other CC affiliates and partners sent a letter to the Colombian government calling for user-friendly copyright reform....
Read MoreJoint statement by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations, Link (CC-BY) As we enter the final days of the countdown to...
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