What is on the table for the next Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights: Twenty-Seventh Session (SCCR/27) April 28 to May 2, 2014 (Geneva, Switzerland)?
Two and one-half days will be devoted to the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations. Note that the Proposed Treaty draft is available now. The Working Document SCCR/27/2 is 12 pages long (Article 1-16) with an annex of 5 pages presenting alternatives proposed by India, Japan as well as the “US Proposal for discussion purposes.”
Here are the hot issues/articles:
Article 5 Definitions
Article 6 Scope of Application
Article 7 Beneficiaries of Protection
Article 9 Protection for Broadcasting Organizations (the lists of proposed rights including the exclusive right to authorize):
(i) the right of fixation of their broadcasts;
(ii) the direct or indirect reproduction, in any manner or form, of fixations of their broadcasts;
(iii) the retransmission of their broadcasts by any means, including rebroadcasting,
(iv) the communication to the public of their broadcasts;
(v) the making available to the public of the original and copies of fixations of their
retransmission by wire, and retransmission over computer networks;
(vi) the transmission by any means for the reception by the public of their broadcasts
(vii) the making available to the public of the original and copies of fixations of their broadcasts in such a way that members of the public may access them from a place and at a time individually chosen by them; following fixation of such broadcasts; broadcasts, through sale or other transfer of ownership.
Article 10 Limitations and Exceptions
Article 11 Term of Protection
Articles 12 & 13 Protection of Encryption and Rights Management Information and Obligations Concerning Technological Measures
Article 14 Provisions on Enforcement of Rights
In addition, two days will be devoted to Limitations and Exceptions, starting with libraries and archives followed by limitations and exceptions for educational and research institutions and for persons with other disabilities.
One-half day will be devoted to the preparation of conclusions and discussion of future work of the Committee and any other matters.