Councils

Are the Needs of Research Reflected in Copyright Decision-Making? An analysis of Copyright Councils & Consultations – Part II – Go Health Pro

by
Are the Needs of Research Reflected in Copyright Decision-Making? An analysis of Copyright Councils & Consultations – Part II – Go Health Pro

Image by Peter Mello via Flickr In the first part of this blog, we explored the structure of formalised copyright councils, finding that efforts to ensure balance between the interests of rightsholders and users were the exception not the rule. Furthermore, it was only in a small minority of cases that the representation of research … Read more

Are the Needs of Research Reflected in Copyright Decision-Making? An analysis of Copyright Councils & Consultations – Part I – Go Health Pro

by
Are the Needs of Research Reflected in Copyright Decision-Making? An analysis of Copyright Councils & Consultations – Part II – Go Health Pro

Image by Peter Mello via Flickr The interests of research are not necessarily heard or represented when decisions are being made about copyright laws that affect them. Both permanent and temporary consultation structures more often than not fail to ensure that there is a channel open for this. Part one of this two-part blog introduces … Read more

EU Law Analysis: The Council’s position on proposed EU law on migrant smuggling: cynical political theatre? – Go Health Pro

by
EU Law Analysis: The Council’s position on proposed EU law on migrant smuggling: cynical political theatre? – Go Health Pro

  Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction Member States’ ministers (the EU Council) are likely to agree a negotiating position this week on replacement of existing EU law on smuggling of migrants – raising questions in particular about the compatibility of this law with human rights, … Read more

x