Legal Aspects of the Use of Child Images in OERs

Considers the legal issues which arise in relation to the taking of or possession of images still and moving) of children for use in an Open Education Resource. JLL

Rapid recreation assessment: a tool to assess visitor use and associated impacts at coastal and marine protected areas

As more people discover coastal and marine protected areas as destinations for leisure-time pursuits, the task of managing coastal resources while providing opportunities for high quality visitor experiences becomes more challenging. Many human impacts occur at these sites; some are caused by recreation and leisure activities on-site, and others by activities such as agriculture, aquaculture, or residential and economic development in surrounding areas. Coastal management professionals are continually looking for effective ways to prevent or mitigate negative impacts of visitor use. (PDF contains 8 pages) Most coastal and marine protected area managers are challenged with balancing two competing goals—protection of natural and cultural resources and provision of opportunities for public use. In most cases, some level of compromise between the goals is necessary, where one goal constrains or “outweighs” the other. Often there is a lack of clear agreement about the priority of these competing goals. Consequently, while natural resource decisions should ultimately be science-based and objective, such decisions are frequently made under uncertainty, relying heavily upon professional judgment. These decisions are subject to a complex array of formal and informal drivers and constraints—data availability, timing, legal mandate, political will, diverse public opinion, and physical, human, and social capital. This paper highlights assessment, monitoring, and planning approaches useful to gauge existing resource and social conditions, determine feasibility of management actions, and record decision process steps to enhance defensibility. Examples are presented from pilot efforts conducted at the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) and Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in South Florida.

Capital empreendedor

Analisa aspectos do tema “capital empreendedor”. Apresentando propostas à disposição de todos os interessados, o Centro de Estudos e Debates Estratégicos (Cedes) fornece uma contribuição relevante para a modernização de nossa economia e para o planejamento de longo prazo do Brasil.

MOOCs – your legal questions answered

This guidance is for staff in universities involved in developing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and considers the legal issues focusing particularly on the intellectual property rights (IPR) issues and data protection.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 305]

Empresas estatais e privadas terão o mesmo tratamento na área fiscal. Tem início a votação na Comissão de Sistematização do Título 7, que trata da ordem econômica e financeira. O Deputado Francisco Dornelles (PFL-RJ) afirma que a emenda aprovada que amplia a atividade econômica, garante a todo cidadão o direito de exercer uma atividade econômica, desde que não haja vedação constitucional ou legal, e não admite que a prática seja proibida por portarias ou atos administrativos. O Deputado Paes Landim (PFL-PI) tenta aprovar sem sucesso, emenda que exclui do texto o conceito de empresa nacional. Já o Deputado Haroldo Lima (PCdoB-BA) propôs emenda estabelecendo que a empresa nacional só poderia ser dirigida por brasileiros. Mas, foi mantido o texto do substitutivo do Deputado Bernardo Cabral (PMDB-AM), que considera empresa nacional aquela cujo capital pertence a cidadãos domiciliados no país. O Deputado Joaquim Sucena (PMDB-MT) aprova emenda com objetivo de fortalecer a empresa nacional. Aprovada emenda que dá tratamento diferenciado a empresa nacional em relação à aquisição de bens e serviços.O Deputado Osvaldo Lima Filho (PMDB-PE) comenta que a emenda visa fortalecer a empresa nacional. Quadro Constituição: a grande mudança - populares afirmam sua confiança nos constituintes. Aprovado destaque do Deputado Aluízio Campos (PMDB-PB), estebelecendo que empresas estatais e suas subsidiárias só poderão ser criadas com aprovação do Congresso Nacional. Rejeitado destaque do Deputado César Maia ( PDT-RJ) que propunha suprimir o parágrafo 2º do artigo 194, que dá tratamento igual a empresas privadas e estatais quanto a isenções fiscais. O Senador Marcondes Gadelha (PFL-PB) é contra a isenção fiscal para estatais, pois sem o privilégio as estatais são obrigadas a funcionarem de modo efetivo.

Legal Status of Research Data in the four partner countries

This report compares the legal status of research data in the four KE partner countries. The report also addresses where European copyright and database law poses flaws and obstacles to the access to research data and singles out pre-conditions for openly available data. Background of the study Intellectual property right regulations regarding primary research data are a recurrent topic in the discussion on the improvement of access to research data. In fact in the final report of the High Level Expert Group on Scientific Data ‘Riding the Wave’ creating clarity on this was considered very important in improving awareness for all parties involved. According to the recommendations of the report legal issues should be “worked out so that they encourage, and not impede, global data sharing” http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/docs/hlg-sdi-report.pdf. While open access to research data is a widely recognised goal, achieving it remains a challenge. As European national laws still diverge and sometimes remain unclear it can be difficult for interested parties to fully comprehend in which ways open access to research data can be legally obtained. Based on these discussions the Knowledge Exchange working group on primary research data has commissioned a comparative report on the legal status of research data in the four KE partner countries. The study has been conducted by the Centre for Intellectual Property Law (CIER) at Utrecht University. The report aims at informing Knowledge Exchange and associated stakeholders on the state of the law concerning access to research data in the KE partner countries (Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) and to give an insight in how these laws work in practice. This is explained in several characteristic situations pertaining to open access to research data. The purpose of the report is to identify flaws and obstacles to the access to research data and to single out pre-conditions for openly available data. This is in view of the current discussions concerning open access to research data, especially those originating from publicly funded research. The report intends to be both a description of the status quo of the legislation and a practical instrument to prepare further activities in raising awareness on the potential benefit of improved access to research data, and developing means to support the improved access for research purposes

Estudo sobre a constitucionalidade e juridicidades das leis que declaram determinadas localidades como capitais de algo. por exemplo: capital da uva, capital do forró etc.

Analisa a viabilidade, do ponto de vista da constitucionalidade e juridicidade, da promulgação de leis que objetivam atribuir títulos de “capital nacional” a determinadas localidades, tais como “capital nacional da uva, ou “capital nacional da vela”, ou ainda “capital nacional do forró”. A matéria tem relevância devido à quantidade significativa de proposições que com esse objetivo tramitam na Casa.

Medición de capital intelectual en empresas asiáticas: el caso de Reliance Industries Ltd. (India)

El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar un marco conceptual integrador de la literatura de capital intelectual. A partir de él, se analizará la elaboración de informes de capital intelectual en Asia, en particular, es una empresa con una posición competitiva privilegiada en India: Reliance Industries LTD.

Pagamento por serviços ambientais com recursos públicos com base em área de preservação permanente e reserva legal

Discute os impactos jurídicos e econômicos do pagamento por serviços ambientais com recursos públicos em Áreas de Preservação Permanente (APP) e Reserva Legal (RL) e contribui para o avanço do debate acerca da instituição de uma política nacional de pagamento por serviços ambientais no Brasil.