PAIPO is dead! Long live PAIPO!
[Reposted from AfroLeo] “PAIPO is dead! Long live PAIPO!” Thus exclaims Afro Leo’s friend and PAIPO-watcher Caroline Ncube, who has just sent us the latest news on this very sensitive, potentially...
View ArticlePAIPO Phoenix
Since the publication of my post (PAIPO is dead. Long live PAIPO) last week, I have received the full text of the Ministerial Decisions passed at Brazzaville in November 2012 (AUMINST Dec. (V) (01))...
View ArticleThe EU Commission’s Outrageous Attempt to Avoid Copyright Reform
[Reposted from La Quadrature du Net, CC-BY-SA] Brussels, 4 Feb 2013 — Today starts “Licences for Europe”, an initiative by the European Commission to discuss the issues of today’s copyright regime....
View ArticlePostponed Africa IP Forum scheduled for 26 – 27 February 2013
The African IP forum which was scheduled for April 2012 and was postponed in response to contested calls for a more balanced program and representation of views, has now been scheduled for the last...
View ArticleThe Africa IP Forum – a retrospective
The Africa IP Forum was held in South Africa on 25-27 February 2013. Attendees were welcomed at a cocktail on the evening of 25 February and substantive discussions were held on 26 -27 February. There...
View ArticleDraft EU Trademark Rules and Goods in Transit
The EU has recently released its new proposal for an update of its substantive trademark protection regime. The proposal has interesting language specifically addressing the conditions under which...
View ArticleNew Seed Legislation Spells Disaster for Farmers in Africa
Civil society organisations from the SADC region, and around the world have condemned the SADC draft Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Plant Breeders’ Rights) as spelling disaster...
View ArticleThe European Orphan Works Directive – an EIFL Guide
[Electronic Information for Libraries, (CC-BY)] In October 2012, Directive 2012/28/EU on certain permitted uses of orphan works (known as the orphan works Directive) was adopted by Member States of the...
View ArticleUK Request for Comments on Copyright in Europe
[The following is an excerpt from a UK Intellectual Property Office request for comments on future harmonization of copyright in Europe. The full request for comments is available here.] The European...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Draft Report on Private Copy Levies – Serious or Satire?
[European Digital Rights Initiative. Link, (CC-BY)] French Socialist MEP Françoise Castex published her draft report on private copying levies on 9 October. The biggest question that the document...
View ArticleFailure of “Licenses for Europe” underlines the need for reform of the EU...
Joint Statement by Centrum Cyfrowe, EDRi, Kennisland, and the Modern Poland Foundation, Link (CC-BY) Today, the Licenses for Europe experiment comes to an end. This initiative, launched almost a year...
View ArticleISPs Can Be Required to Block Access to Pirate Sites, EU Court Hears
[Andy, TorrentFreak, Link (CC-BY-NC)] In legal advice to the EU Court of Justice, Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalón today announced that EU law allows for Internet service providers to be ordered...
View ArticleEC Press Release: Copyright Commission Launches Public Consultation
The European Commission has today launched a public consultation as part of its on-going efforts to review and modernise EU copyright rules. The consultation invites stakeholders to share their views...
View ArticleCommission Announces Public Consultation on the Review of EU Copyright Rules
[Paul Keller, Communia Blog, Link, (CC0-Public Domain)] Last week Thursday the European Commission launched its much anticipated public consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules. This...
View ArticleMake copyright compatible with the UN International Covenant on Economic,...
[Ante Wessells, FFII, Link (CC-BY-SA)] I just made a personal submission to the Public Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules. I used the You can fix copyright website. Very handy,...
View ArticleEU High Court: Circumvention of Technological Prevention Measures Not Always...
Last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the circumvention of technological protection measures is not illegal in all cases. In order for the circumvention to be illegal, it...
View ArticleEurope-Wide Resistance Against Syngenta’s Patent on Pepper
PRESS RELEASE: Berne Declaration, Swissaid, Bionext, and No-patents-on-seeds: Today a broad coalition consisting of 34 NGO’s, farmers’ and breeders’ organisations from 27 European countries filed an...
View ArticleLack of choice driving demand for film downloads
[EU Press Release, Link] Nearly 70% of Europeans download or stream films for free, whether legally or illegally, according to a new European Commission study on audience behaviour. It also finds that...
View ArticleEIFL’s seven point plan to the European Commission
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link, (CC-BY)]In response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on the review of EU copyright rules, EIFL submitted a seven point plan that will help...
View ArticleEuropean Copyright Society Response to the Public Consultation on the EC...
Earlier this week, the European Copyright Society has issued its response to the Public consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules of the European Commission. The response is available here....
View ArticleCopyright Rules OK? What EIFL Librarians say
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link, CC-BY)] Libraries in EIFL partner countries perform a vital role getting reading and other materials into the hands of people who need information and...
View ArticleIP Kat Posts Leaked Draft White Paper “Copyright Policy for Creativity and...
Eleonora Rosati has posted a leaked draft of the European Union White Paper “A Copyright Policy for Creativity and Innovation in the European Union.” It contains a brief discussion and a proposed “way...
View ArticleLeaked draft of Commission copyright white paper based on flawed assumptions
[Paul Keller, Communia Association, June 25, Link, (CC-0)] Earlier this week the IPKat leaked what appears to be an internal draft of the European Commission’s white paper on copyright policy reform...
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