Chairman’s non-paper on copyright exceptions for libraries, archives
This is the document being discussed Thursday at #sccr30
Thanks to John E. Miller for the OCR version. Continue Reading
Author: James Love
Iran’s Statement on the limitations and exceptions at WIPO SCCR 30
This is the prepared statement that Iran read on Wed, which was widely praised by access to known advocates.
Iran’s Statement on the limitations and exceptions
WIPO SCCR30,
1 July 2015Mr. Chairman,
The right to science, knowledge and culture is recognized in various basic human rights instruments, such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Discussion papers on definitions, objects of protection, and rights for WIPO broadcast treaty
Attached are the three informal discussion papers distributed at SCCR 29, on the WIPO broadcast treaty. These papers were the product of member state negotiations. They include:
Statement of India at SCCR 30 on WIPO broadcasting treaty
This is from the statement India read today at SCCR 30, on the topic of the broadcast treaty.
India is flexible in supporting the issue of unauthorized live transmission of signal over computer networks provided the broadcasting organization has rights over the content broadcast by it. India alternative proposals submitted at 26th session of SCCR are in complete conformity with the mandate of the 2007 WIPO General Assembly.
My question to WIPO, regarding the lack of balance in SCCR 30 presentations on broadcast treaty
Today we are in endless “informational” session, chaired by John Simpson from the BBC, and featuring big broadcasters from India (Zee Network), and Brazil (TV Globo), ABN Holdings Ltd (ABN) (A company headquartered England, about) and the Caribbean Communications Network Limited. Continue Reading
Among House Democrats supporting Fast Track, 24 of 28 received money from drug and medical device PACS
I spent a bit of time to look at the contributions from selected drug and medical device Political Action Committees (PACs) to the 28 House Democrats who voted for fast track on June 18, 2015. Continue Reading
FOIA regarding General Electric’s lobbying of USTR to oppose WIPO Treaty for the Blind.
We just received a reply from a September 17, 2013 FOIA request KEI filed with USTR, asking for correspondence involving General Electric’s efforts to block the WIPO Treaty for the Blind. USTR provided 24 pages of documents, available here:
Harvey Bale, former Director General of IFPMA, says Fast Track “favors the powerful over the weak”
Following the Friday vote in the House of Representatives which effectively blocked movement (for now) on the Trade Promotion Authority, and more generally, slowed down the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, I was contacted by Dr. Harvey Bale, the well known former Director General of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA). In an exchange on Facebook, Dr. Bale took favorable note of the outcome on fast track, and described the vote against fast track as “A very good day, Indeed.” I asked Dr. Continue Reading
Article in Medium, on the TPP
I have written an article for Medium, titled: TPP, designed to make medicine more expensive, reforms more difficult. (Link here)
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2014 Oct 10: ASEAN proposals for RECP IP CHapter, also India
(More KEI RCEP leaks here: /rcep)
Last week, KEI published the October 3, 2014 Korea proposals for the RCEP IP Chapter (https://www.keionline.org/node/2239), and earlier we published a Japan proposal for the RCEP IP Chapter (/node/2173)
Today we are publishing two new proposals for the RCEP IP Chapter, the proposals by