The UK Government has issued its response to the Hargreaves Report, noting that it will be dropping prior plans to implement an ISP blocking scheme and will introduce new exceptions for parody and private copying without a levy: The Government will therefore bring forward proposals in autumn 2011 for a […]
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Canada – EU Trade Deal Pushing Toward New Canadian Copyright Enforcement Bill
The latest round of the Canada – EU trade agreement negotiations recently concluded in Brussels and Canadian officials provided an update to civil society groups on Friday. While officials indicated that there has been progress on many fronts, the intellectual property chapter is not one of them. The EU is […]
Weatherall on the Impact of the TPP
Kim Weatherall has published a paper assessing the legal impact of the intellectual property provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership on Australian law.
The Economic Contribution of Fair Use
The Computer and Communications Industry Association has released a report measuring the economic contribution in the U.S. of the industries that rely on fair use.
Suber on Copyright and Open Access
Peter Suber has an informative post on the interaction between copyright and open access, which includes helpful copyright reforms focused on public domain, copyright misuse, orphan works, and circumvention for non-infringing purposes.
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