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It was certainly good news to see this news story from the BBC reporting that Prime Minister David Cameron has initiated a review of the UK copyright laws with an eye toward revisions that would accommodate the way innovation happens in the Internet age. Every country should probably undertake this kind of review periodically, [...]
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The week that my colleague Paolo Mangiafico and I spent in Beijing for the Berlin 8 Conference on Open Access flew by, so my first impressions are actually being written after our return, based on notes I made during the conference. This post is an attempt at a summary of the event, while later [...]
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On October 2 the U.S Trade Representative released what has been called the final, or “nearly-final,” text of the draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. ACTA, as it is known, has been the subject of a good deal of controversy for several reasons. First, because much of its negotiation has been in secret. Second, because it [...]
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In much of the world, the possibility of providing protection for traditional knowledge — indigenous music, stories, dances and even genetic material — is a very lively topic. Even though such protections are a form of intellectual property right that clearly impacts issues of scholarship and copyright, I have not previously dealt with these discussions [...]
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Several months ago we discussed an article about international copyright that suggested the possibility that the developing countries who are part of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) could seek to reverse the trend toward harmonizing IP protections at a very high level by “de-harmonization.” Such de-harmonization would by directed at exploiting the space [...]
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When I last wrote about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, it was primarily to complain about the secrecy in which the negotiations were taking place. Earlier this month, however, the US Trade Representative (who had opposed release) finally caved in to pressure from at home and overseas and agreed to the release of [...]
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Following up on an earlier post about the potential for fast-growing developing countries to adopt less restrictive, more growth-oriented IP regulations, I want to look at two concepts that are important for understanding international IP debates.
The first is “counter-harmonization,” which is used several times in the article I referred to about the BRIC [...]
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The arena of international intellectual property and the WIPO Development Agenda is one I enter with considerable trepidation, because it is complex and shrouded in a language all its own. Fortunately, one of Duke’s own law professor’s, Jerome Reichman, is an always reliable guide, and I read with careful attention his article “Intellectual Property in [...]
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ACTA, short for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is a multi-party trade agreement being negotiated in secret by the U.S., the states of the European Union and several other nations. While its name suggests a laudable purpose, the prevention of international trade in counterfeit goods, the secrecy of the negotiations raise cause for concern. As details [...]
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Some copyright cases just don’t grab one’s attention, and I have to admit that I saw reports of the decision in Omega v. Costco several times before the potential impact on academic libraries began to sink in. The case involves chapter 6 of the Copyright Act, referred to as the manufacturing clauses. Since [...]
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Recommended Readings- A State Law Approach to Preserving Fair Use in Academic Libraries"By David R. Hansen" Posted by klsmith to myblog contracts copyright on Thu Sep 15 2011 […]
- Canada's Orphan Works Regime: Unlocatable Copyright Owners and the Copyright Board"Article by Jeremy De Beers and Mario Bouchard form the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, Winter 2010" Posted by klsmith to myblog "orphan works" Canada copyright on Thu Sep 15 2011 […]
- Print or Perish: Authors' attitudes towards electronic-only publication of law journals"Duke Law Librarian Dick Danner and colleagues report on a study about how authors feel if their articles (in law journals) were no longer available on paper" Posted by klsmith to digital publication myblog on Mon Aug 08 2011 […]
- Copyright in the Age of YouTube | ABA Journal - Law News Now"Details how DMCA is rapidly become out-of-date as digital technology changes." Posted by klsmith to myblog digital technology copyright on Thu Jan 29 2009 […]
- A State Law Approach to Preserving Fair Use in Academic Libraries
As Duke University’s first Scholarly Communications Officer, Kevin Smith’s principal role is to teach and advise faculty, administrators and students about copyright, intellectual property licensing and scholarly publishing. 
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