Pensando a proteção da propriedade intelectual em equilíbrio com o acesso ao conhecimento.
Last Tuesday, the 28th of November, World Culture Forum had as its main activity the I Creative Economy for Development International Forum.
(extracted from OpenDocument Format Alliance website (.pdf))
Washington, DC, November 28, 2006
The OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance), a broad cross-section of organizations, academia and industry dedicated to improving access to electronic government documents, today applauded Brazil’s decision to recommend ODF as the government’s preferred format; India’s decision to use ODF at a major state government agency; and Italy’s decision to recognize ODF as a national standard.
The Alliance also recognized Poland, too, for demonstrating serious interest in adopting ODF in the wake of a national meeting held for its government with broad participants from industry and non-profit agencies.
“2006 is ending as auspiciously as it began, with legions of government the world over expressing real support for ODF,” said Marino Marcich, Executive Director of the ODF Alliance.
Proceeding within the World Culture Forum activities, the Centre for Technology and Society (CTS) of Fundação Getúlio Vargas Law School will participate, next Tuesday the 28th, of the I Creative Economy for Development International Forum.
This event, taking place in Rio de Janeiro from the 26th to the 29th of November, is organized by the South-South Cooperation Special Unit (SU-SSC) on the ambit of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), headquartered in New York, in partnership with the World Culture Forum and in collaboration with United NationsUNESCO.
Invited by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture to join the 9th Annual Ministerial Meeting International Network on Cultural Policy – INCP, that took place in Rio de Janeiro from 22nd to 25th of November, the Centre for Technology and Culture (CTS) of Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School was represented by Prof.
Contribution: Michelle Childs, CPTECH
Unlike most other EU member States the UK does not have a personal right to copy ( nor does it have copyright levies).
Giles Tremlett in Madrid
A Spanish judge has dealt a blow to the global music industry after ruling that there is nothing illegal about downloading music for free from the internet as long as it is for personal use.
The decision, the first of its kind in Europe, opens the way for Spain’s estimated 16 million internet users to swap music through online sites.
- Date: 09 November, 2006 (Thursday)
- Duration: from 9 a.m.
October of 2006 was an important month for the music world. On the 17th, the phonographic industry announced another round of lawsuits against internet users within several countries.
