The British general election has finally produced a result after a relatively short period of negotiation and politicking. There is now a coalition in place between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats brought about by a hung parliament (note to non-British Read more…
This is a wonderful parody video about plans by European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström to introduce a website blocking system in Europe. I find it amusing that some people believe that widespread filtering is usually advocated as a solution to minority Read more…
There are various sources of information dealing with the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) online, but there is one point that seems to be covered less. Why is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) being negotiated at all as a multilateral trade Read more…
(via James Burke) Errr…. no, I have not been invited to speak at TED… yet 😉 Check out this great TED Talk generator. Someone has taken 525 published TED talks and created a random generator with it. Here is my Read more…
An interesting case of art ownership and moral rights is taking place in Costa Rica at the moment. The new 2,000 colones bill will enter into circulation soon. However, there has been a dispute because the author of the portrait Read more…
The day begins with delegates locked in informal negotiations, so it is likely that I will not be able to report much today because I have to fly back to Edinburgh. Word in the hallways is that there were closed Read more…
[You know the drill, these are my own opinions] Plenary session begins with the discussion of paper CDIP/5/5 dealing with the Project on Intellectual Property and Product Branding for Business Development in Developing Countries and Least-Developed Countries (LDCs). This is Read more…
[As stated earlier, these are my own opinions] Work resumes, dealing with recommendations on the public domain. Development Agenda Group is asking to approve the proposals, but would also like to include a positive normative element to enhance the public Read more…
The day begins with work on the point 7 of the Agenda: namely “Continuation of discussion on coordination mechanisms and monitoring, assessing and reporting modalities”. Did you have to read that twice? Yes, me too. I am worried that the Read more…
[Disclaimer: What follows is the vetted CC version. There were a couple of errors in the version I read at the meeting] Statement by Creative Commons to CDIP5 (Geneva, 26 April 2010) Thank you Mr Chairman for the opportunity to Read more…