Month: October 2012

Commissioner Barnier: Those damn blind pirates

EU´s Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier on copyright exception in WIPO Treaty  for Visually Impaired:                                                   THOSE DAMN BLIND PIRATES               (If politicians said what they really think)      

The EU declares war on blind pirates

A rumour is circulating that at the next negotiating round on the Treaty of the Visually Impaired at the World Intellectual Property Organization the members of the European Blind Union will attend the meeting with black pirate flags and one…

Open data: what and why

  Presentation by Dr. Elena Giglia on Open Data given on October 10th in the European Parliament in Brussels at the event organized by TACD “Why European academics and researchers want open access”.   EU OPEN DATA GIGLIA

Worrisome EU proposal on clinical trials

Deregulation proposal that affects our medicines and health: Less dependable data, fewer safety requirements and little transparency. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products for Human Use, and Repealing…

Open Access event in the European Parliament

MEPs Luigi Berlinguer (S&D)    Ioannis A. Tsoukalas (EPP) and Philippe Lamberts (Greens/EFA)   Why Europe’s researchers and academics want a clear open access policy in Horizon 2020. In the next few months the European Parliament will decide its position on…