Hachette v. Internet Archive
Faz mais de um ano que publiquei algumas coisas sobre o caso Hachette v. Internet Archive, mas por um motivo ou por outro não vieram parar ao blog.
Artigo publicado na coluna da Ansol da PCGuia, em Março de 2025:
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Summer Course on IP & Sustainability
The Summer Course on Intellectual Property & Sustainability of NOVA School of Law is back, for the 2025 edition! The course will take place from 1 to 10 September, online, from 17h00 to 19h00, with in-person activities for those in Lisbon on the 11th. As…
Fair Use as Innovation Policy
For IPSI Booklet 2024, I had the opportunity to revisit Fred von Lohmann's 2008 article “Fair Use as Innovation Policy”.
2008 seems now far away, but in the current EU policy environment, where innovation, competitiveness and knowledge seem to be keywords back in the political agenda, this article is relevant as ever.
In short, von Lohmann demonstrates how fair use in the USA fulfills an essential innovation policy role. In contrast, I say, EU's inflexible copyright regime is the opposite: a conservative, anti-innovation regime by nature.
Open Source in 12 mins
This week, in our IPSI Talk, I made a presentation about free / open source software. We only have 12 minutes to present, which was quite a challenge.
As usual, I had way too much information, and in this time frame there is not much room for detail. But I think I was able to deliver the main points.