@Article19org launches “Right to Share Principles” today, World Intellectual Property Day @WIPO #copyright #netfreedom
Today Friday April 26 2013 is World Intellectual Property Day 2013, which marks the 44th anniversary of  the day on which the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970. Human Rights organization Article 19 have used the day as an opportunity to launch The Right to Share: Principles on Freedom of Expression and Copyright in the Digital Age (Right to Share Principles), a document that aims to guide policy makers, legislators, judiciary and civil society on how to balance the right to freedom of expression and copyright.
According to Article19:
These Principles seek to establish a framework which can be used to ensure firstly, that the right to freedom of expression and the ability to share knowledge and culture are fully protected in the digital age; and secondly, that copyright interests do not unduly restrict them. The Principles also seek to promote positive measures which foster both the free flow of information and ideas and greater access to knowledge and culture on the Internet and beyond.
Apart from English, the document is available in Spanish, French, and Portuguese, and is accompanied by a new global map documenting copyright laws worldwide.
Deaf is discussing. 
At 3.30pm today Wednesday March 20 2013 the US House Judiciary Committee will hear Maria Pallante, US Register of Copyrights, present
Mike Zajko are discussing. 
In 2012 the Internet Society’s New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) will once again sponsor Evan Korth’s Computers & Society Speaker Series at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. This lecture series, part of an undergraduate course, are also open to the public (space is limited), and will be recorded for later webcast. The first talk, unfortunately, has had to be postponed due to the closing of NYU for the rest of this week –  but it was to be Aram Sinnreich, Assistant Professor at Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information, in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, speaking on the topic: “The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry’s War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties“.
On March 27 2012 the New York Law School
Deaf 12:06 pm on 04/26/2013 Permalink |
I find it interesting that many documents in English are translated into other languages, yet none of aural information is captioned or transcribed. Why? Are the needs of deaf/hoh people less prioritized than those of foreign language speakers?