Colombian government attempts to implement copyright reform in three weeks!
Yesterday, the Colombian Executive introduced a draft law it says is required to implement its obligations under the Colombia-US Free Trade Agreement. The Congress has been called upon to do the...
View ArticleColombian Copyright Office Seeks Comments on Limitations and Exceptions to...
In an unprecedented action the Colombian Copyright Office opened a consultation process for citizen participation on the instrument for limitations and exceptions to copyright for the visually impaired...
View ArticleInternet Activa: A webinar for digital activists
“Digital rights and civil freedoms on the web, 12 basic lessons online” is the first online seminar, to be launched from September 2012 until February 2013. This webinar will give you the information,...
View ArticleCopyright in Latin America: New Enforcement Measures Pose Major Threats to...
Co-authored by Carolina Rossini and Carolina Botero. Reposted from the EFF Deeplinks Blog. After years of being one of the most progressive regions in the world in terms of balanced copyright policy,...
View ArticleLeyLleras2 Declared Unconstitutional by the Colombian Constitutional Court
[Cross posted from http://karisma.org.co/] Yesterday, January 23, the Constitutional Court of Colombia decided about the constitutionality of the law known as #LeyLleras2 (1520 of 2012 Act). According...
View ArticleColombian Constitutional Court Support Colombian Civil Society Concerns: Ley...
The official press release of the Colombia’s Constitutional Court confirmed that #LeyLleras2 was declared unconstitutional in its entirety due to procedural irregularities during its process in...
View ArticleIs Colombia regulating orphan works?
The issue of orphan works has been systematically ignored in Colombia, but it has suddenly appeared as part of draft legislation to reform to the country’s system of Copyright Collecting Societies. At...
View ArticleSentencia de Corte Sobre Ley Lleras 2: Inexequible
[Published on karisma.org.co, CC-BY] El 23 de enero de 2013, la Corte Constitucional comunicó su decisión de declarar INEXEQUIBLE en su integridad la ley 1520 de 2012 (Ley Lleras 2), demandada por el...
View ArticleColombian Government Presents Again Bill 1520 Without Citizen Participation
Last Friday while celebrating the Internet day the government introduced a Bill, reproducing essentially the text of the former Law1520 (Ley Lleras 2) before the Congress. Despite the several citizen...
View ArticleColombian government agrees to discuss the ‘Law Lleras IV’ with civil society
[Translation of RedPaTodos press release] On May 17th, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Fernando Carrillo, and the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Sergio Diaz-granados, presented Bill 306...
View ArticleWhat Is the Status of Copyright Reform in Colombia?
[Reposted from Digital Rights LAC, Link, (CC-BY-SA)] At Digital Rights LAC we wanted to ask different specialists in the region about their personal appraisals on digital rights issues. This is the...
View ArticleEl 301 Es un Instrumento de Matoneo
[Reposted from Karisma.org.co, Link, (CC-BY-SA)] Como cada año la USTR (Oficina de Comercio del Gobierno de EE.UU) elabora su Informe Especial 301 que es simplemente una lista negra de los países...
View ArticleOpen Education Week: A Focus on Latin America
[Reposted from Creative Commons Affiliates Blog, Link (CC-BY)]On Thursday, March 14 Fundación Karisma, in collaboration with UNESCO and Creative Commons will launch the report “Public Expenditure On...
View ArticleColombian Biology Student Facing Criminal Charges, Possible Jail Time, for...
I would like to draw your attention to a copyright case in Colombia in which biology student Diego Gomez is facing criminal charges after sharing a Master Thesis written by another Colombian biologist...
View ArticleBolivia Discusses Collective Management Issues
[Cross posted from Fundación Karisma, Link, (CC-BY)] In Bolivia, La Paz’s City Council is discussing the “Municipal Autonomy Bill No. 100,” which seeks to create mechanisms to ensure the protection of...
View ArticleAccess to Knowledge as Human Rights
Reposted from Ditigal Rights LAC, Link (CC-BY) Access to knowledge was the topic that Karisma Foundationpresented during the thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...
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