[Blog post by Creative Commons, (CC-BY)] Creative Commons congratulates all those who participated in the second annual Open Education Week March 11-15, 2013. It’s impressive to see how global open education has become with...
Read More[Posted on the Center for Democracy and Technology blog by Jens-Henrik Jeppesen (CC-BY-NC)] Last week, CDT submitted its response to the European Commission’s consultation on copyright enforcement. The Commission has...
Read More[Press Release from the Lawyers Collective (Contact)] In a triumphant victory for patients fighting for access to medicines, a division bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising Hon’ble Justice Aftab Alam and Hon’ble...
Read MoreAuthors: Luis Aguiar and Bertin Martens Abstract: The goal of this paper is to analyze the behavior of digital music consumers on the Internet. Using clickstream data on a panel of more than 16,000 European consumers, we...
Read MoreCivil Society Declaration released by 38 European and International organisations, to exclude from the upcoming Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) any provisions related to patents, copyright, trademarks, data...
Read MoreDear H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh, We, the undersigned organizations from Thailand, are writing this letter to express our grave concern over the Indian Government’s shift in their position on the EU-India bilateral free trade...
Read MoreAuthors: John Hudson and Alexandru Minea Abstract: Two important strands of literature investigate the way the effect of intellectual property rights (IPR) on innovation depends on either the initial IPR level or the level of...
Read More[Cable Green, CC-BY, Creative Commons] Today California (CA) Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (author of the CA open textbook legislation) announced that SB 520 will be amended to provide open, online college courses...
Read MoreThe Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies at the Faculty of Law Tel-Aviv University, Israel 30 – 31 October 2013 The modern world is changing at a rapid pace, and the law is in constant reactive mode to accommodate...
Read MoreOCW Consortium Press Release Contact: Mary Lou Forward +1 802 347.1373 mlforward@ocwconsortium.org Newton, MA (March 4, 2013) – The second annual Open Education week will take place March 11-15, 2013. Open Education Week...
Read More[Delhi Network of Positive People] With the goal concluding the agreement by early April fast approaching, negotiations have now reached an intense phase with regular meetings to fast track its conclusion. The Indian Prime...
Read MoreOpen Education Week is taking place from 11-15 March 2013 online and in locally hosted events around the world. The purpose of Open Education Week is to raise awareness of the open education movement and its impact on teaching...
Read More[Joint press release from Health Action International, Oxfam International, and Action Against AIDS Germany (PDF)] This week, from 4-6 March, the Prime Minister of Thailand and her negotiating team visit Brussels to meet with EU...
Read More[Konstantinos Komaitis. Reposted from internetsociety.org, CC-BY-NC-SA] There is a ‘book famine’ – in the North, apparently, less than 5% of the books published are available in a form accessible by the blind community. In the...
Read More[MPP press release, (CC-BY-NC-ND)] The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) today announces the launch of a new collaboration with ViiV Healthcare – a joint venture of GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and Shionogi – to facilitate greater...
Read MoreFailure to extend the transition period for least-developed countries to become fully compliant with the TRIPS Agreement could put millions of lives at risk [UNAIDS Press Release] The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS...
Read More[Reposted from Recursos Educacionais Abertos. Authored by Carolina Rossini, Priscila Gonsales and Debora Sebriam. Translated by Carolina Rossini (CC-BY)] We are sorry communicate that the São Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin...
Read More[Posted by Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan on the International Economic Law and Policy Blog (CC BY-NC 2.5)] Last week, Luke Peterson reported that the U.S. based pharma corporation Eli Lilly has put Canada on notice of its intent to...
Read More[Posted on creativecommons.ca, CC-BY] In response to the Government of Canada’s call for comments on the Proposed Open Government Licence Agreement, Creative Commons Canada submitted the feedback posted below. The...
Read MoreOpen letter from 20 Disabilities Rights groups to the Indian Ministry of Commerce “seeking remedial action on the barriers faced by persons with disabilities in accessing public libraries in India.” Reposted from the...
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