14 Jul, 2008: WIPO Development Agenda committee deliberations on norm-setting, open source and creative commons (KEI)
"The WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) had rich discussions on Thursday afternoon (July 10, 2008) on norm-setting, open source and creative commons as they related to recommendations 22 and 23 of the Development Agenda. Recommendation 22 states: WIPO’s norm-setting activities should be supportive of the development goals agreed within the UN system, including those contained ...

14 Jul, 2008: WIPO Enriched by In-Depth Discussion of Public Domain (KEI)
"With respect to the public domain, Richard Owens (WIPO Secretariat) noted that there is a fundamental question of definition that frames the policy debate on this issue. The classical definition of the public domain (in the copyright context) is “what is not protected by copyright, i.e. rights that have expired, works that have not been deemed worthy of protection, and ...

12 Jul, 2008: WIPO Development Committee Ends First Year On Mostly Agreeable Note (IP-Watch)
"While the 7 to 11 July meeting of the Committee on Development and IP (CDIP) did not make any profound changes in the operations of WIPO yet, discussions revealed some of the areas where change may be coming. And while there were moments of tension, the overall spirit of the meeting appeared more agreeable than meetings of the past years. ...

9 Jul, 2008: EFF Statement at WIPO Development Agenda Meeting in Geneva
"We support the call for WIPO to initiate discussions on how to facilitate access to knowledge and technology for developing countries and LDCs to foster creativity and innovation, and to facilitate IP-related aspects of ICT for growth and economic, social and cultural development. It is essential that national and international copyright and patent laws provide an environment that is ...

8 Jul, 2008: Development Agenda discussions focus on costing of consultants and Business Analysts (KEI)
The second session of the the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) is meeting this week in Geneva (July 7-11, 2008). The first meeting of this development committee (March 2008) examined Cluster A (Technical Assistance and Capacity Building) of the 45 approved Development Agenda recommendations. ...

21 Mar, 2008: ACTA’s Misguided Effort to Increase Govt Spying and Ratchet-Up IPR Enforcement at Public Expense
IP Justice Comments to the U.S.T.R. on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). IP Justice firmly believes that ACTA’s costs to the public far outweigh any public benefit it might provide. The financial expense to tax-payers to fund ACTA would be enormous and steal scarce resources away from programs that deal with genuine public needs like providing education ...

20 Mar, 2008: “UNESCO Policy Guidelines on the Development and Promotion of Governmental Public Domain Information” (Paul Uhlir) 2004

15 Mar, 2008: 7-11 July 2008: WIPO Development Agenda Meeting: Committee Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (2nd session)
The WIPO 2nd session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) will meet in Geneva from 7-11 July 2008.

4 Mar, 2008: WIPO: Discussion begins on implementing the Development Agenda (SUNS)
"Discussion on defining a work programme for implementation of the 45 adopted recommendations on the WIPO Development Agenda began on Monday in the newly-established WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP). Much of the first day of the CDIP was spent discussing procedural issues such as the adoption of the rules of procedure of the committee and how ...

4 Mar, 2008: WIPO Development Agenda Proposals CDIP/1
Documents for discussion at the WIPO CDIP/1 Meeting in March 2008: (a) Preliminary Implementation Report with respect to the 19 proposals identified for immediate implementation by WIPO; and (b) Initial Working Document regarding the implementation of the 26 agreed proposals....

3 Mar, 2008: “Less Difficult” First WIPO Development Committee Meeting Begins (IP-Watch)
The “historic” first day of the new World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) opened with a focus on procedure, a focus likely to carry through the whole first week, according to participants. “The goal [of this week’s meeting] is to progress on the first and most important item agreed in the General Assembly last year: ...

2 Mar, 2008: Exploring Options and Modalities to Move the New Development Agenda Forward, 2005 (Oxford)

23 Feb, 2008: Background Information on the WIPO Development Agenda
Background Information on the WIPO Development Agenda Development Agenda in 2004...

4 Feb, 2008: WIPO Development Agenda Meeting (CDIP/1) 3-7 March 2008
WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP): First Session. "The Development Agenda" talks continue in Geneva.

29 Jan, 2008: “It’s Time to Overhaul Copyright Law”: Law Should Distinguish Between Cultural and Commercial Uses (Guardian UK)
By Cory Doctorow. "We need to stop shoe-horning cultural use into the little carve-outs in copyright, such as fair dealing and fair use. Instead we need to establish a new copyright regime that reflects the age-old normative consensus about what's fair and what isn't at the small-scale, hand-to-hand end of copying, display, performance and adaptation. A diverse and ...