In advance of the 21st session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR 21), WIPO is holding a Global Meeting on Emerging Copyright Licensing Modalities on 4-5 November 2010 in Geneva which endeavors to facilitate ‘Access to Culture in the Digital Age’. The program for this Global Meeting can be found here: http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2010/wipo_cr_lic_ge_10/program.html.
Professor Lawrence Lessig (Harvard Law School, Edmond L. Safra Foundation Centre for Ethics, Cambridge) will give the keynote address. This symposium will address seven themes including 1) Licensing Content Online: New Trends, 2) Competition and Licensing of Music, 3) Software: Tailoring Licenses to Markets, 4) Research and Education: Emerging Licensing Platforms, 5) Making Orphan Works Available: a Licensing Solution?, 6) Licensing of Information and Content: the Role of Governments and 7) Theme VII: The International Outlook: the Role for WIPO. Speakers during the thematic sessions include Mr. Joe Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer, Pandora, Oakland, Mr. Scott M. Martin, Executive Vice-President of IP and Associate General Counsel, Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, Mr. Francis Keeling, Vice President, Digital for Universal Music International, London, Ms. Zahavah Levine, General Counsel & Vice-President, Business Affairs, YouTube, Inc., San Bruno, Mr. Brian Message, Chairman, The Music Managers Forum UK (The MMF) & Manager, Radiohead, London, Mr. Flavio Arosemena Burbano, Director, Ecuador National Directory of Copyrights and Related Rights, Quito, Mr. Tilman Lüder, Head, Copyright Unit, European Commission, Brussels, Mr. Jason Albert, Associate General Counsel & Chief of Staff, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Mr. Malcolm Bain, Socio/Partner, ID Law Partners & Free Open Source Software Foundation – Europe (FOSSFE), Barcelona, Mr. William Patry, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Inc., Road Stamford, Ms. Marisella Ouma, Advocate, High Court of Kenya, Ms. Hala Essalmawi, Principal Attorney & IPR Officer, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the new Library of Alexandria), Alexandria and Mr. Ben White, Head of Intellectual Property, British Library, London.
In addition to the thematic sessions, a paper will be presented on 4 December 2010 by Dr. Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Senoir Economic Officer, Economics and Statistics Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva and Professor Helenara Braga Avancini, Faculdade Cenecista de Osório, Porto Alegra on ‘Copyright and Competition: an Evolving Relationship’. On 5 December 2010, Sisule Musungu, IQSensato, Geneva, will present on ‘Licensing Access to Knowledge’.