KEI Statement at WIPO SCCR 26 on Limitations and Exceptions for education, research & persons with other disabilities (12/20/13)
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SCCR 26 Discussions regarding education & persons with other disabilities (12/20/13)
Discussions regarding an “International legal instrument in whatever form on limitations and exceptions for educational teaching and research institutions and persons with other disabilities” 12/20/13
Friday December 20, 2013 10am to 1pm
SCCR26: US Intervention on Exceptions and Limitations for Educational Activities
The United States of America delivered the following intervention on Exceptions and Limitations for Educational Activities at SCCR 26 on Friday morning, 20 December 2013.
United States of America
Intervention on Exceptions and Limitations for Educational Activities
SCCR/26, December 20, 2013
SCCR 26 Topic #4: Library Lending (December 19, 2013)
Lending! Hot topic here! Seriously, this is now really about the core service, function, mission of libraries: lending. For many of course this topic, this exception, is the fundamental exception that makes or break the project.
Afternoon Session SCCR 26 Topic #2 Reproduction and safeguarding of copies 26 Dec 19, 2013
Library & Archive exceptions at WIPO: Notes from SCCR 26 December 19, 2013 morning session
This morning the WIPO SCCR is going through the list of the following topics:
Topic #1 Preservation
Topic #2 Reproduction and safeguarding of copies
Topic #3 Legal Deposit
Topic #4 Library Lending
Topic #5 Parallel Importations
Topic #6 Cross-border uses
Topic #7 Orphan works, retracted and withdrawn works, and works out of commerce
Topic #8 Limitations on Liability of libraries and Archives
Topic #9 Technological Measures of Protection
Topic #10 Contract
Topic #11 Right to translate works
US Intervention at WIPO SCCR: Libraries, Archives…and Museums
Here is the US intervention during the discussion on limitations and exceptions for libraries and exceptions:
The Case for Libraries and Archives at WIPO SCCR 26
On the afternoon of day 3 of SCCR 26, the proposed broadcasting treaty is finally “behind” us or at least the negotiations over the proposal are interrupted until next SCCR April 28 to May 2, 2014.
United States’ Opening Statement on Exceptions and Limitations SCCR 26 December 18, 2013
This was delivered this morning, by Shira Perlmutter of USPTO.
United States’ Opening Statement on Exceptions and Limitations SCCR 26 December 18, 2013
* The United States starts with the recognition that exceptions and limitations are a critical element of a balanced and vibrant copyright law regime.
* A combination of strong protections for authors, and appropriate exceptions and limitations on their rights, together serve to further copyright’s goals of encouraging creativity, innovation, and learning.
US proposes a “single right” which excludes post-fixation rights and opens door to retransmission over any medium
During discussions at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) on the broadcasting treaty, the following proposal of the United States (on Article 9-Protection for Broadcasting Organizations) was distributed in the plenary (following requests by Kenya and Ecuador to see the proposal in writing). Continue Reading