limitations and exceptions
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.
Workshop on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Education and Research Environments in Nairobi
On Friday 22 May 2009, I attended a workshop on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for education and research environments at the silver springs hotel Nairobi.
- Emma Wanyonyi'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Global copyright watch list reveals US hypocrisy and how out-of-date legislation is damaging consumer interests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.
