The Following Questions Relate to IP Issues and Have Been Provided by IP experts of EARTO Members European Association of Research and Technology Organisations rue Joseph II 36-38, B-1000 Brussels +32-2-502 86 98 secretariat@earto.eu www.earto.eu In the interests of clarity,…
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Future of orphan works now being negotiated in EU
The EU´s Orphan Works Directive is now being negotiated in a Trialogue between the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament. A month ago a series of cultural heritage insititions wrote an open letter to the Council working group on…
Letter on irregular vote to Chair of Legal Affairs from Orphan Works Rapporteur
Dear Mr. Lehne, On the 1st of March at Juri Committe we were voting over my report on permitted uses of orphan works. After receiving the Votes results list from the Juri Secretariat some inconsistencies came to my attention.. According…
Vote fraud or incompetence in the European Parliament?
The shocking story of how copyright fundamentalists might have unfairly won very close votes in Legal Affairs Committee against access to our common cultural legacy represented by orphan works. Can 23 voting MEPs vote 14 to 12 against mass digitization?…
Unanimous pressure in EP forces Commission to accept binding Treaty of Blind Persons
Never before have I seen such cross-party unity in bashing a Commissioner as last night when Internal Market head Michel Barnier got a real roasting for the EU not supporting an effective Treaty for the visually impaired and print-disabled at…
Pregunta oral hoy en el Parlamento
Acceso de los ciegos a los libros Con el fin de hacer frente al problema del acceso de los ciegos y las personas con problemas de lectura a los libros y otros productos impresos, la Unión Mundial de Ciegos y…
Tomorrow 15-2 debate on Treaty Visually Impaired in EP
Press Release: Oral Question, Debate and Resolution in European Parliament Wednesay the 15th and Thursday the 16th of February, 2012 Should there be an international exception to copyright to help end the “book famine” for tens of millions of blind…
European Parliament votes on global Treaty for the Visually Impaired
Blind and dyslexic people need to read books in accessible formats such as braille, formatted audio or large print books. These are often made thanks to exceptions to national copyright laws that now work smoothly in most EU member states.…
False arguments by European Commission in defence of ACTA
1. Myth: “ACTA is about large-scale and organized infringements of intellectual property” Reality: The criminal sanctions proposed in ACTA could apply to not-for-profit infringements of copyright. ACTA´s article 23.1defines “commercial scale” violation of IPR as any “direct or indirect economic…
Some first thoughts on ACTA and EU competition policy
ACTA could have perverse anti-competitive effects on business models in the IT field. By strongly promoting copyright enforcement as a key function and legal responsibility of Internet Server Providers (under the guise of “self-regulation), it encourages the “functional bundling” of…