Copyright Resources and Current Issues

The Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) has compiled interesting pages regarding U.K and European information policy and the link below is to their intellectual property section. I have written to them about the lack of dates on most pages, which makes reading rather bewildering at times. However it is a good resource if you have the patience to figure out dates or if you're absolutely on top of things and already know all that's going on. Most of the pages seem to have been posted around 2002, however there are news items on the site that are much more recent.

http://www.fipr.org/intellectual.html

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This index page to European Commission documents and web pages on copyright is well worth exploring.

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/index_en.htm

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I was captivated by this website and perspective it provides. I hope you find it edifying.

From the main page: " WELCOME TO COPY SOUTH We are told that we live in the ‘digital revolution’ era and that we can communicate across the globe as we never could before. In fact, restrictive copyright laws still act as a serious barrier to sharing and learning from each other. This is particularly true in countries of the South where three quarters of the population live. "

http://www.copysouth.org/

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The page concerns a copyright conference in the UK from this past summer (2006), however it has four presentations linked there which may be very interesting to those who wish to keep learning more about UK copyright, and for those who may wish to know a little bit about National eDepot, a German initiative.

http://www.uksg.org/events/060606.asp

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Notice of Roundtable on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Treaty On the Protection of the Rights of Broadcasting Organizations

"SUMMARY:

The United States Copyright Office (USCO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announce a public roundtable discussion concerning the work at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) on a proposed Treaty on the Protection of the Rights of Broadcasting Organizations. Members of the public are invited to attend the roundtable, or to participate in the roundtable discussion, on the topics outlined in the supplementary information section of this notice.
DATES:

The roundtable will be held on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 3 p.m. Requests to participate in the roundtable should be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on December 29, 2006. "

http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2006/71fr74565.html

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