I am honoured to have been named one of the recipients of Public Knowledge’s IP3 Awards for 2010. Public Knowledge does great work on digital rights issues and their IP3 Awards have identified some of the biggest contributors to those issues. It’s a particular honour to be named this year […]
Archive for August 4th, 2010
Nokia Criticizes ACTA Substance and Process
Nokia’s global director of brand protection has published a critical column on ACTA in the World Trademark Review (sub required). The column says that ACTA is unnecessarily broad and that by excluding key countries from the negotiations, those countries “are practically forced into a position of opposition.”
SAC Renews Calls for Legalized Downloading With Levies
The SAC’s Eddie Schwartz has an op-ed in the Straight, renewing the call for the legalization of downloading in return for a monthly ISP levy.
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