On 4 and 5 November 2010, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is hosting meetings on Emerging Licensing Modalities, as part of its initiative on Facilitating Access to Culture in… [more]
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Copyright and Licensing Positions for Librarians and Other Non-Lawyers
by Lesley Ellen Harris
July 27th, 2010
The recent issue of The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter is a special issue focussing on jobs and positions for non-lawyers including librarians, educators, communications coordinators and others. You… [more]
Bill C-32, introduced today into the Canadian House of Commons, is being called the Copyright Modernization Act. The government has set up a site called Balanced Copyright. On the site… [more]
On 12 May 2010, a bill to organise the exploitation of orphan visual works was submitted to the French Parliament.
This timing coincides well with tomorrow's copyright conference at U… [more]
Today, April 26, 2010, is World Intellectual Property Day. It is the 10th anniversary of this celebration initiated by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (“WIPO”). This year’s theme is: Innovation… [more]
To continue our ebook reader discussions, I'll throw in some recent comments. For the past few months, I have been very interested in purchasing an ebook reader…certainly not urgent but… [more]
In anticipation of a possible copyright reform bill in Canada in the Spring of 2010, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) issued a statement today reiterating its September 2009… [more]
If the pre-1978 U.S. Copyright Act… [more] was still in effect, copyright-protected works from 1953 would have entered the public domain on January 1, 2010. Current U.S. law protects works for
Yesterday, I abandoned my office for several hours to attend “The First Annual World’s Fair Use Day” at the Newseum in Washington D.C. It was organized by the D.C.-based non-profit… [more]
I am currently looking at a variety of e-book readers and may indulge in one in the near future. Perhaps similar to choosing countertops for our kitchen, no e-reader is… [more]
THE WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
The nineteenth session will take place in Geneva from December 14 to 18, 2009. The Committee is currently discussing special provisions… [more]
One common misunderstanding about copyright is that online content is not protected by copyright. Not true! Even if the content is posted without a copyright notice or other copyright information,… [more]
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