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Argyro Karanasiou – “Kickin’ The Clouds Away”: A rights-based approach for mesh networks as community media

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In her latest post in the LSE Media Policy Project Blog’s Alternative Internet(s) series, Argyro Karanasiou argues that policymakers must embrace decentralised Internet architectures as a way of breaking online informational monopolies. Below follows a copy of this article, originally posted here.    “Kickin’ The Clouds Away”: A rights-based approach for mesh networks as community media   Back… Read more » about Argyro Karanasiou – “Kickin’ The Clouds Away”: A rights-based approach for mesh networks as community media

Lingling Wei on “Olympic enclosures of generic words”

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Dr Lingling Wei presented her paper on Olympic Enclosure of Generic Words  at  the annual Congress of International Association of Sports law in Athens (from 11-13th December ). The paper examines the event specific legislation enacted for mega sporting games such Olympics. It concludes that the legislation’s approach of enclosing the generic words for the… Read more » about Lingling Wei on “Olympic enclosures of generic words”

Two funded PhD Studentships at CIPPM: apply now

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CIPPM and Bournemouth University are delighted to invite applications for fully-funded PhD research studentships with an expected starting date of September 2015. Applicants are expected to have a solid background in law, and to submit an original and thought-proviking research proposal on one of the proposed research themes. The studentship consist of a maintenance grant… Read more » about Two funded PhD Studentships at CIPPM: apply now

Maurizio Borghi at Europeana Licensing workshop

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CIPPM Director Maurizio Borghi has presented his project on Crowdsourcing diligent search at the 3rd Europeana Licensing workshop on “Crossborder solutions to Extended Collective Licensing”, Luxembourg 20th and 21st November 2014. The workshop was part of the Europeana Awareness project by the Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg, Kennisland and the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of… Read more » about Maurizio Borghi at Europeana Licensing workshop

Review – 3D Printing: A Selection of Stakeholder Perspectives

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Friday 7th November 2014, Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University As part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s Festival of Social Science 2014, the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management, Bournemouth University, brought together experts in a variety of fields to kick-start a new debate about the intellectual property implications of 3D printing. Introducing the event, Sally… Read more » about Review – 3D Printing: A Selection of Stakeholder Perspectives