Brazil Law Proposal 
The Verge
JANUARY 21, 2021
Google is threatening to pull its search engine from an entire country — Australia — if a proposed law goes into effect that would force Google to pay news publishers for their content. “If Facebook is also in the ACCC’s sights with this particular law, and is threatening to block its news from being shared in Australia , too.
The Verge
AUGUST 17, 2020
Google has published an open letter about a newly proposed government regulation that would compel it to pay media outlets for news content. Google’s arguments include a claim that the law would give an “unfair advantage” to news publishers by giving them information they could use to boost their rankings compared to the competition.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 24, 2010
This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 27, 2011
Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., In addition, the two national organizations of blind people both just passed formal resolutions in favor of the treaty proposal. the European Union and others.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2009
I was part of an expert panel that drafted the original proposed treaty. law that made it legal for us to scan just a bout any book without needing to get permissions first. Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay joined together to propose that WIPO consider this treaty.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 9, 2013
In a recent blog post , Ed explains why growth markets are key to this proposed merger of two of the publishing world’s biggest players. Penguin, he points out, is a growing power in China, India and Brazil, while Random House is pervasive across Spanish-speaking Latin America.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month. copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.
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