International group of experts starts Copyright Watch

A group of international organizations, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) have banded together to form Copyright Watch. A database of national copyright laws, the organization seeks to,

raise awareness of the importance of balanced copyright law in the information society, and draw attention to points of commonality and of difference in countries’ laws and legal traditions. We also wanted to create an information sharing resource, where copyright watchers could post information about proposed amendments to their own copyright laws, and understand the changes in others.

Press release from EFF.