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How the Trans-Pacific Partnership impacts digital consumers
The 16th round of negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership wrapped up in Singapore this week, and according to the official press release the intellectual property chapter is one of a small number of chapters (along with competition and environment) that remain unresolved, and will be the focus of the remaining negotiating rounds.
- Jeremy Malcolm's blog
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Copyright enforcement shouldn't be killing people
Copyright enforcement ought to be about going after those who profiteer from the work of others by dealing in pirated goods, and about protecting consumers from sub-standard fakes. Instead, the industries pushing for tougher copyright enforcement have become fixated on controlling the behaviour of ordinary consumers.
- Jeremy Malcolm's blog
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Explanatory notes on MOU Concerning the Interpretation of the Right of Quotation
These explanatory notes to the MOU Concerning the Interpretation of the Right of Quotation were prepared by Martin Senftleben, Professor of Intellectual Property, VU University Amsterdam; Senior Consultant, Bird & Bird, The Hague. You may also download a PDF copy.
Preamble
The preamble reflects several fundamental considerations that lie at the core of the following guidelines.
Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Interpretation of the Right of Quotation
At a meeting of stakeholders held at the European Parliament in May 2012, a number of participants indicated their support for the development of a memorandum of understanding between rights-holder representatives and consumers on a modern interpretation of the quotation limitation to copyright.
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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