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Urgent ACTA Communique
http://www.tacd-ip.org/blog/2010/06/23/urgent-acta-communique/
The Copyright Debate's Missing Element
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| There is certainly no lack of debate about
| copyright, and whether it promotes or
| hinders creativity. But in one important
| respect, that debate has been badly skewed,
| since it has largely discussed creativity in
| terms of pre-digital technologies. And even
| when digital methods are mentioned, there is
| precious little independent research to
| draw upon.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2010/06/copyright-debates-missing-element.html
Leak: EU pushes for criminalizing non-commercial usages in ACTA
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| A document leaked from the Presidency of the
| EU reveals that Member States are pushing for
| new criminal sanctions into the Anti-
| Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a few
| days ahead of the next negotiation round. The
| proposal stated in this document reveals how
| illegitimate and dangerous the whole ACTA
| process is, while exposing the scary position
| of the EU calling for more repression of non-
| for-profit usages... and their incitation.
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http://www.laquadrature.net/en/leak-eu-pushes-for-criminalizing-non-commercial-usages-in-acta
Recent:
A single EU patent looks dead in the water as member states seek alternatives
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| Attempts to create a single EU patent could
| be heading to yet another failure, according
| to Margot FrÃhlinger, Director of Knowledge
| Economy inside the Internal Markets DG of the
| European Commission. Speaking today at the IP
| Business Congress in Munich, FrÃhlinger, who
| is closely involved in the negotiations
| surrounding the patent, as well as a single
| litigation system in the EU, told delegates
| that the project "is not in the best shape".
| Proposals about languages and translations
| are due to be presented to the Council of
| Ministers next week. There is, however,
| "little chance that they will fly," she said.
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http://www.iam-magazine.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=132bcb06-30c5-4012-9d60-cb48528fbb70
International Experts Find that Pending Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Threatens Public Interests
http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/acta-communique
India And China Claim That ACTA Violates Earlier IP Agreements
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100617/0213109859.shtml
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