Like Germany, Bulgaria is waiting for a clearer stance from the EU, but Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov also had some interesting things to say on the very premise of what some have argued is an overly harsh application of copyright laws.

FORBES: Bulgaria Withdraws From ACTA

Instead, Oracle is making a copyright claim on the APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) used to communicate with the Java programming language.

FORBES: Oracle Vs. Google And A New Kind of Patent Troll

With a grant of USD34.000 the project "Advocacy for Access to Knowledge: copyrights and libraries" will work with networks of library consortia, mainly in former Soviet Union countries to raise awareness, build capacity, expertise and resources in current copyright issues and identify how they relate to the application of ICTs.

UNESCO: IFAP funded project on libraries and copyright starts