Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 21, 2010
I'm here in Geneva for the 20th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights meeting. This is the international forum for discussing copyright issues, and it is the body considering the Treaty for the Visually Impaired (TVI). I was one of the co-drafters of the treaty language] The U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 24, 2010
This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 23, 2014
Benetech is tackling these issues on two fronts, thanks to the leadership of Enrique Piracés, who joined us last year from Human Rights Watch. Second, we are stepping up our efforts to increase the awareness of this critical issue and practical actions that can be taken. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 1, 2007
How did you get interested in copyright laws and their impact on human rights? About five years ago, Brazil violated American intellectual property agreements by producing an AIDS drug for a fraction of the cost of the American company who developed it. They see copyright law as a way to control the way their message is distributed.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 27, 2011
There has been a major breakthrough recently on international copyright negotiations in Geneva around improved access for people who have print disabilities. Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S.,
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APRIL 21, 2008
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