Tag: WIPO

Missing data points in the IIPA copyright study

Posted onAuthorThe Media Wonk

A couple of data points I would have liked to have seen but could not find in the study released Monday by the International Intellectual Property Alliance on the copyright industries’ $1.5 trillion contribution to U.S. GDP: 1)  What portion of the economic activity in what the report classify as “non-core” copyright industries is being counted toward that Read More …

Copyright behind closed doors

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Public Knowledge and the Electronic Frontier Foundation announced earlier this week that they are “reluctantly” dropping their lawsuit against the U.S. Trade Representative, which sought information on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) being secretly negotiated by the U.S. and a dozen other countries. The public-interest groups made the decision to withdraw the litigation after the Obama Administration Read More …