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Consumer-ownable Downloads
The following is page 1 of a 7-page paper entitled, "Toward Consumer-ownable Digital Personal Property".
To see the full article, follow this link:
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1817/pub_docs/TowardDPP_01.pdf
- Paul Sweazey's blog
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New Books at AUA Papazian Library
Quite recently AUA Papazian Library enriched its collection by these valuable books:
- Hasmik's blog
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Access to Knowledge for Consumers: Reports of Campaigns and Research 2008-2010
As the peak body of the global consumer movement, Consumers International believes that a knowledge society can be developed only when there is access to information on all fronts. Such a society is sustainable when access to knowledge is unhampered and inclusive, promoting co-operative forms of knowledge production as the basis for innovation and creativity.
International Symposium of Public Policies for Digital Collections
See the official Web site at http://culturadigital.br/aovivo/.
The digitization of Brazilian Cultural Collections has become a high priority issue, asking for an analysis about the limits imposed by the current Copyright Law, the opportunities created by new technologies, the existing standards, as well as the strategies to create an effective network between organizations and existing projects.
Impact of copyright on access to education in the Philippines
3D Trade-Human Rights-Equitable Economy, a Geneva-based NGO, and IBON Foundation submitted a paper entitled The Philippines: Impact of copyright rules on access to education to the Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Committee on the Rights of the Child last June 2009.
- Jennifer Malonzo's blog
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Are consumers calling for action against counterfeit software?
According to a press release issued by Microsoft last week to announce its "Consumer Action Day" against counterfeit software, "consumers want action", and are relying on Microsoft to "give people a voice in the fight against software counterfeiting". Whilst we do agree that counterfeiting of any kind can endanger consumers when they believe they are purchasing original products, we have to question Microsoft's credentials to represent consumers' interests here.
- Jeremy Malcolm's blog
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Consumers International at WIPO
The highlight of the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has been the proposal today by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay of a WIPO Treaty for Blind, Visually Impaired and other Reading Disabled Persons that was drafted by the World Blind Union and presented for discussion at the previous SCCR meeting last November.
- Jeremy Malcolm's blog
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Global copyright watch list reveals US hypocrisy and how out-of-date legislation is damaging consumer interests
Consumers International (CI) today released the results of its inaugural Intellectual Property (IP) Watch List: a global snapshot of how national IP and copyright laws serve or subvert consumer interests.
Norm setting on copyright limitations and exceptions at WIPO: What is ready?
by James Love (KEI)
Over the past several weeks there have been a several cases where some well motivated and knowledgeable persons about copyright policy have expressed criticism of an effort by WIPO to negotiate a treaty for persons who are blind or have other reading disabilities, on the grounds that this is not ambitious enough, and a larger all inclusive treaty on limitations and exceptions should be the target.
- Manon Ress's blog
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