[Association of Students for Equitable Access to Knowledge, Link] In a rare and incredible order today, the Delhi High Court has dismissed the copyright infringement case filed by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University...
Read MoreJoint statement by Fundación Grupo Efecto Positivo and the ABIA Grupo de Trabalho sobre Propriedade Intelectual Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, September 15th, 2016 – The United Nation’s High Level Panel (UN HLP) on Access...
Read MorePaul Keller, Communia, Link (CC-0) The copyright reform proposal presented today by the European Commission fails to meet the needs of citizens, educators, and researchers across Europe. Instead of strengthening the information...
Read MoreExecutive Summary and Recommendations are below, Click here for the full report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In September 2015, 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda)....
Read MoreKennisland, Sept. 8, 2016 Link (CC-BY) Today Kennisland launches CopyrightExceptions.eu, which collects information related to the national implementation of 22 exceptions and limitations to copyright in the 28 member states of...
Read MoreMedicins Sans Frontiers press release, Link The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal is currently under consideration by the US and eleven other Pacific Rim nations: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan,...
Read More[Javier Ruiz, Open Rights Group, Link (CC-BY-SA)] Several documents have been leaked from the European Commission providing a clear picture of the proposed reforms to copyright that will be presented later in the year. The...
Read MoreInternational Federation of Library Associations, Link (CC-BY) The signing of the Treaty of Marrakesh in 2013 was a first step towards providing access to knowledge for some of the most vulnerable in society. It offers a...
Read More[Timothy Vollmer, Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY)] The vision of the Creative Commons project is universal access to research and education, and full participation in culture to drive a new era of development, growth, and...
Read More[Till Kreutzer, Initiative Against an Ancillary Copyright, Link (CC-BY)] Yesterday, Statewatch leaked a draft version of the Impact Assessment (IA) report for the upcoming copyright reform. Concerning the area of publisher’s...
Read MoreSingapore Ministry of Law (Link) Consultation Period: 23 Aug 2016 to 24 Oct 2016 Copyright is a form of intellectual property right which gives creators and producers of creative works the right to control specific uses of their...
Read More[Marcus Low, Business Day, Link] It is often argued that weakening patent monopolies on pharmaceuticals will lead to fewer new medicines being discovered. Whether this is indeed the case, and to what extent, is one of the key...
Read MoreThe New Zealand Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade has posted draft legislation to bring its law into compliance with the Trans Pacific Partnership, as well comments on the legislation, all of which...
Read More[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] New EIFL resources document the recent changes in Polish copyright law that bring library services in Poland into the 21st century. The centrepiece for libraries of the new...
Read MoreChina joins the ranks of the world’s 25 most-innovative economies, while Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Finland and Singapore lead the 2016 rankings in the Global Innovation Index,...
Read MoreElectronic Information for Libraries (CC-BY) 05 August 2016 | Contacts: jean.fairbairn@eifl.net: Communications Manager teresa.hackett@eifl.net: Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager Restrictive copyright laws create legal...
Read More[Anubha Sinha, Centre for Internet and Society, Link (CC-BY)] ] The Centre for Internet and Society sent a letter to Members of Parliament on July 27, 2016 to appeal to re-examine the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership...
Read More[MSF Press Release, Link] Tomorrow Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will defend the rights of millions of children around the world to be protected against pneumonia at a hearing at India’s Patent Office....
Read MoreLetter from 56 Non-profit Organizations and Academic Experts to Secretary Kerry Regarding State Department Pressure Against Access to Medicines Efforts [PDF] July 20, 2016 Dear Secretary Kerry: We are writing to express our...
Read More[South Africa Department of Trade and Industry, Link] The National Development Plan (NDP) calls for greater emphasis on innovation, improved productivity, more intensive pursuit of a knowledge economy and better exploitation of...
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