A free and open Internet is a prerequisite for innovation policy that promotes the positive health and growth of the Internet. Other innovation policy issues on which IP Justice engages include Permissionless Innovation, Open Technology Standards, Artificial Intelligence, Reverse Engineering, Software Patents, and Limitations on Liability of Internet Service Providers and Other Intermediaries including Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as well as contributory copyright infringement.
Publications Archive
IP Justice Statement on Broadcasting Treaty and Webcasting at 2005 WIPO General Assembly Published 23 November 2005 IP Justice Statement Supporting Chile's Proposal for an Examination of Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright Published 22 November 2005 IP Justice Speech at World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis Published 18 [...]
Archive of documents from 2005 and prior
2005 General Assembly 5 Oct. 2005 IP Justice Media Release on 2005 General Assembly Meeting 4 Oct. 2005 WIPO Press Release 425 "Member States Agree to Continue Development Agenda" 3 Oct. 2005 Text of Agreement of WIPO General Assembly on Development Agenda 3 Oct. 2005 IP-Watch, "New Committee for WIPO [...]
Archive of documents from 2005 and prior
Documents Related to the proposed WIPO the Broadcasting Treaty in 2005: 30 Nov. 2005 James Love: "The UN/WIPO Plan to Regulate Distribution of Info on the Net - Every Transmitter to Become an Owner" 23 Nov. 2005 IP Justice Statement on the Proposed Broadcasting Treaty at 13th Session of SCCR [...]
Media Releases Archive
All media releases prior to March 1, 2006
Press Clippings Archive
All press clippings prior to January 1, 2006
Information about the Tunis Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society
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 [...]
Introduction of Development Agenda and IIMs
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
Archive of news from 2004 and prior
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 [...]
Archive of documents from 2004 and prior
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
Archive of documents from 2004 and prior
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
Archive of documents from 2004 and prior
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 [...]
Archive of documents from 2004 and prior
"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 [...]
Archive of news from 2004 and prior
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 [...]
Archive of news from 2004 and prior
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 [...]