The mainstream media is picking up on the ACTA issue with a growing number of stories, all of which criticize the secret approach. New articles include: Australia's Sydney Morning Herald masthead editorial – Regulating the Net in the Dark Washington Post – Copyright Overreach Takes a World Tour Irish Times […]
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Fox News On ACTA
As public concern over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement mounts, even Fox News has taken an interest.
ACTA Q&A With the Washington Post
Cecilia Kang of the Washington Post has posted a q & a we conducted yesterday on ACTA and the key concerns associated with the draft agreement.
The ACTA Threat: My Talk on Everything You Need To Know About ACTA, But Didn’t Know To Ask
Last week I participated in a conference at American University, Washington College of Law called Beyond TRIPS: The Current Push for Greater International Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. Webcasts of the two panels are available online (my panel on TRIPs and ACTA; a second panel on U.S. efforts to increase […]
Canadian Labour Congress Adopts New Copyright Policy
Earlier this year, I posted on a Canadian Labour Congress IP policy that was scheduled for approval by the CLC Council. The proposal represented a dramatic shift in approach that was exceptionally one-sided. The proposal did not pass, however, and the CLC formed a working group to develop a new policy. Sources advise that the new policy was approved late last month and the results much better reflect the diversity of interests within Canada's largest labour organization. In fact, the policy combines both copyright and net neutrality, adopting a broader approach to digital policy.
On copyright, the policy statement contains 14 recommendations including expanding fair dealing, limiting the application of statutory damages, eliminating crown copyright, and linking anti-circumvention legislation to actual infringement. The 14 recommendations:
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