KEI intervention on education exceptions in SCCR 30

Posted on by James Love

This was presented in the morning in the debate on education copyright exceptions.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

KEI would like to comment on the proposals submitted by the African Group in relation to limitation on remedies for infringement contained in paragraph 22 on page 18 of the document. SCCR/26/4 PROV. DATE: APRIL 15, 2013

http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/copyright/en/sccr_26/sccr_26_4_prov.pdf

titled “Access to Educational Materials: Limitation on remedies for infringement.”
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SCCR30: United States- Preservation – Copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives

Posted on by Thiru

On Thursday, 2 July 2015, the United States of America presented the following intervention on preservation in the context of copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives. The following statement was captured by the WIPO streamtext.

UNITED STATES: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States is pleased to participate in the discussion of preservation, a very important topic for libraries and archives.

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KEI intervention on preservation exceptions at WIPO SCCR 30

Posted on by James Love

This was the KEI intervention at SCCR 30 on the topic of preservation exceptions for libraries and archives.

Preservation is obviously important for everyone, and archiving in general is both a local benefit and to some degree, a global public good.

We want works preserved, and copyright and trade negotiators to sort out the issues regarding access, which will often be context specific.

Every country’s copyright laws should have as a minimum an exception for preservation.

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Iran’s Statement on the limitations and exceptions at WIPO SCCR 30

Posted on by James Love

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 2015

Mr. 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.

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SCCR 30 End of Session on the Broadcasters’ Treaty: Snail pace to -almost- reach consensus

Posted on by Manon Ress

July 1, 2015 2d Morning Session

The morning started and ended with the clear impression that there was no consensus on whether definitions are needed or not regarding broadcasting organizations or broadcasting itself. Still, Romania and the Central European States and Balkans group as well as the Russian Federation were calling for text-based work and were talking about “a road map to a diplomatic conference.”

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On day 2 at SCCR 30, Anne Leer tells delegates to make broadcasters happy, extend treaty to Internet

Posted on by Manon Ress

Anne Leer is the WIPO Deputy Director General for Culture and Creative Industries Sector, where she leads WIPO’s activities in the field of copyright and related rights. Not a familiar figure at WIPO, she joined the organisation in December 2014, coming from the commercial side of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). In addition to the BBC, she had previously worked for Paramount, Oxford University Press, and Financial Times/Pearson and Prentice Hall. Continue Reading →