Running away from Stevie Wonder in Geneva Stevie Wonder spoke and sang before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) General Assembly this week in Geneva in favour of ending the “book famine” for the visually impaired. He passionately challenged the…
The EU voluntary “alternative” for visually impaired and print disabled
You can never judge a book by its cover, especially if it’s a very thin one with a very thick cover with the title: “Have no fear, your local publisher is here”. After months of complex negotiations facilitated by the…
MICROSOFT coopera con la represión de ecologistas en Rusia
LA PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL AL SERVICIO DE LA CONTAMINACIÓN Y CONTRA LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS Ahora resulta que mediante la “policía del copyright” y con la ayuda de Microsoft se puede perseguir a los ecologistas. Utilizando la excusa de los derechos de…
Tech Dirt on USTR’s Transparency pea soup
Tech Dirt has a story on ACTA and USTR’s “Transparency Soup.”
ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES
ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES: AWARDING PRIZES FOR DRUG INNOVATION AS A WAY OF ENDING WASTEFUL MONOPOLIES THAT PREVENT AFFORDABLE MEDICINES “The current system is incredibly wasteful and constantly gamed by Big Pharma. The prize fund approach would…
S.O.S. ACTA: TELL YOUR MEPS TO DEFEND CONSUMER AND CITIZEN RIGHTS!
ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT! DEAR FRIENDS: Please help us to send a clear message to our European Parliamentarians in defence of fundamental rights, privacy, transparency and judicial due processs. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is now being negotiated in secret by…