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Google Denies Book Search Violates WTO Laws, Treaties

May 10th, 2010 | No Comments

The Google Book Search deal violates international laws and treaties and could force the United States to pay penalties to countries under rules overseen by the World Trade Organization, claims the Open Book Alliance. The OBA, which includes Amazon.com, Microsoft and Yahoo, turns to experts in intellectual property and copyright law to argue its case. A Google spokesperson says while the company has not fully reviewed the OBA’s document, it is confident the settlement between Google, authors and publishers is compliant with U.S. and international copyright laws.
– Google May 10 denied allegations that its Google Book Search deal violates
international laws and treaties that could cause the United
States to pay penalties to countries under
rules overseen by the World Trade Organization.
Google in October 2008 inked the $125 million Google Book Search deal …


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US will not push India to sign nuclear treaties

April 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Expressing appreciation for the responsible manner in which India has behaved on non-proliferation issues, the US has said it will not push India to sign either the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) or the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) any time soon.
However, the US wanted India, which has declined to sign the NPT and CTBT on [...]

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Dec. 11, 1997: World Signs Onto Kyoto Protocol

December 11th, 2009 | No Comments

1997: Negotiators from every country in the world agree on a deal to cut the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
After years of global negotiations and more than a week of round-the-clock meetings in Kyoto, Japan, representatives agreed to a sketch of a climate treaty that came to be known as the Kyoto Protocol. The draft assigned [...]

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