Geneva Network public comment on the EU Digital Services Act
Geneva Network has filed a public comment on the EC’s Digital Services Act suggesting reforms to level the playing field between online platforms and offline businesses.
We don’t want to die poor: that’s how creatives feel about pending copyright changes
We don’t want to die poor: that’s how creatives feel about pending copyright changes Artists, writers and musicians stand to lose significant income if laws are changed, while Big Tech will be the big winner
Unshackling the future of music: How outdated legal rules are holding back the music business
Most countries do not let the owners of sound recordings decide who can broadcast their recordings, nor the price that users pay.
IP ambivalence risks Europe’s competitiveness
In a world where economic growth increasingly depends on “intangible” products and services based on human know-how, knowledge and creativity, only those countries that have the right policy attitude to innovation will thrive. In addition to skills, regulation and tax policy, intellectual property rights are
Strong intellectual property rights key to the knowledge economy
The global economy is undergoing a structural shift in which increasing proportions of economic growth come from knowledge-based industries.
Is the OECD ready for Colombian membership?
1 MINUTE QUICK READ Colombia is on the cusp of passing the final test for OECD accession, membership of which would confer enormous diplomatic and economic prestige. Colombia has come a long way economically, but needs to focus more closely on innovation in order to
South Africa’s knowledge economy key to high-income status
Editor’s note: this article first appeared in The Star, South Africa on 7th November 2017 South Africa seems to be stuck in a classic “middle income trap”. Weak levels of economic growth, low productivity, rising unemployment and fiscal deficits, will make it near impossible to graduate
Intellectual property can help Kenyan firms succeed in global economy
Editor's note: This article first appeared in The East African on 4th June 2016 Last year’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi, Kenya saw hundreds listen to President Barrack Obama outline his vision for Africa as a global hub for entrepreneurship and new business ideas. More tellingly,