---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear C4C Signatories We would like to bring to your attention that the U.S. Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force (IPTF) released a Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy. The Green Paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of current policy related to copyright and the Internet, and to identify important issues that call for attention and development of solutions. More background can be found in this blog post from C4C signatory CCIA, which remarks that “the report’s descriptive components are worthy reading, sourced with the intensity generally reserved for footnote-fetishizing legal academia”, but that “the study’s policy recommendations on online infringement, however, do not all reflect the same insight”. We would also like to point you to KEI’s blog post, another C4C signatory. In the Green Paper, the IPTF proposes the following actions: · Establishing a multistakeholder dialogue on improving the operation of the notice and takedown system under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). · Soliciting public comment and convening roundtables on: o The legal framework for the creation of remixes; o The relevance and scope of the first sale doctrine in the digital environment; o The application of statutory damages in the context of individual file-sharers and secondary liability for large-scale online infringement; and, o The appropriate role for the government, if any, to help improve the online licensing environment, including access to comprehensive public and private databases of rights information. Have a nice day! Best regards Herman Policy Advisor @ N-square Consulting Mobile +32 478 96 67 01 _______________________________________________ Signers mailing list [log in to unmask] http://lists.copyright4creativity.eu/mailman/listinfo/signers