Information about the Tunis Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society 14 -19 November 2005 in Tunis 30 Nov. 2005: IP-Watch, "Intellectual Property Rights Issues Kept Off WSIS Agenda" 25 Nov. 2005: Civil Society Letter to Kofi Annan reguarding human rights abuses at Tunis Summit IP Justice Executive Director Robin Gross' Address to [...]
IIM/3, 20-22 July 2005 IIM/2, 20-22 June 2005 IIM/1, 11-13 April 2005 General Assembly 31st meeting (GA/31), 27 September - 5 October 2004 and lead-ups to IIMs
11/23/2004 Updates WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Discussions end in Controversy, Confusion Broadcasting treaty will subvert rights of creators, say critics New Broadcasting Treaty Makes Progress at WIPO WIPO sidelines US' bid to include webcasting under copyright protection 11/19/2004 Updates Public Interest Groups Face Uphill Battle at WIPO 11/4/2004 Updates WIPO Secretariat ramps up the Pressure for [...]
Free Trade Implementation Bill, IP Chapter http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jsct/usafta/report/chapter16.pdf Trade bill in the Australian house, introduced at the request of the United States. Strongly opposed by education sector, librarians, civil libertarians, and economists. "Libraries Caught in Copyright Changes" The Age (AU) Transcript of Canberra Hearing in Australian Senate on trade bill aph.gov.au
Japan "File-sharing professor arrested for developing software" The Inquirer (UK) May 11, 2004 "Professor arrested over P2P software First such arrest of file-sharing developer in Japan " MS-NBC (USA) May 10, 2004
Campaign for an Open Digital Environment (CODE) www.IPJustice.org/CODE/ CODE is an international coalition of civil liberties groups and consumers' rights organizations to protect innovation, competition, and consumers' rights against the proposed EU Directive on Enforcement of Intellectual Property. "Protecting Civil Liberties, Competition and Innovation in the EU Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive" IP Justice Statement [...]
"Consumer Rights Under Fire: 321 Studios and the Demise of Fair Use" IP Justice Report March, 2004 Canadian P2P Decisions A series of decisions from 2003-4 that upheld consumers' rights to privacy and Fair Use in Canada. May 6, 2004. "Digital Copyright Question: Fair Use of Karaoke CDGs" IP Justice Response to US Legislation April [...]
News is listed in the order that it was posted, which may not be the order in which it was initially published. 11/5/2004 Updates New Chinese regulation to protect copyrights on networks 11/3/2004 Updates The German recording industry calls for stricter rules for personal copies 11/1/2004 Updates Canadian Court Rules Free Speech Trumps Broadcasting Rights [...]
News is listed in the order that it was posted, which may not be the order in which it was initially published. 11/5/2004 Updates Miami Trademarks "Gateway to the Americas" US Insists on FTAA Negotiations 11/3/2004 Updates FTAA Unable to Come Into Existence Before 2007 10/19/2004 Updates Trinidad Newspaper: Standing with Cuba, V'zuela Barbados Nation [...]