Today at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) started the discussion on the broadcasters’ treaty. According to the Chair, at the last General Assembly, the Committee received “a mandate to continue making progress towards convening a… Continue Reading
The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is winding down. The chair’s summary draft is still in works. However, here is the final recommendation regarding the broadcasting to the next WIPO General Assembly: “9. An agreement was reached on… Continue Reading
>> CHAIR: Thank you. I now give the floor to the delegate from the United States of America. America (Speaker) thank you, Mr. Chair. The United States would first like to congratulate you on your election and to thank you… Continue Reading
Day 1 of SCCR 38. There is definitely more support for the broadcasting treaty, “a momentum” said a delegate, and it is difficult to find a delegation that would oppose, at least publicly, this 20 year old effort. NGO observers… Continue Reading
First: Deferred transmission. What is a deferred transmission? Here are the definitions in Daren Tang’s (the Chair of the SCCR) text of the treaty. Available here: http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/copyright/en/sccr_35/sccr_35_12.pdf: (f) “near simultaneous transmission” means a transmission for the reception by the public… Continue Reading
November 15, 2017. . Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License. After discussing the Broadcasters, cablecasters and webcasters treaty also called by some the “youtube” Treaty, the Committtee moved on… Continue Reading
Day 1 at WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS Since 1998, the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR),has engaged in negotiations to create new norms for the protection of broadcasters, cablecasters and now –again– webcasters… Continue Reading
May 4, 2017 SCCR 34 Discussion on Limitations and Exceptions for people with other disabilities
If the final text of the Marrakesh Treaty had included Article 15(b) of the 1st version of the treaty negotiating text (SCCR/18/5) that would have clearly covered “other disabilities”, we would not have had the morning discussion.
Here is what had been drafted with the approval of an inclusive group of disabilities experts:
ARTICLE 15. DISABILITIES COVERED(a) For the purposes of this Treaty, a ‘visually impaired’ person is:
a person who is blind; or
Continue ReadingSCCR 34 Chair’s proposal regarding the committee’s work on L&E and member states comments
SCCR 34 May 3. Chair’s proposal regarding the committee’s work on L&E and member states comments
In brief:
- The Chair supports an update of the Crews Study
- The Chair proposes a seminar or conference with multidisciplinary approach to L&Es in the digital environment (instead of separated “silos” such as are now L&Es for Libraries and Education
SCCR 34 NGOs on Limitations and Exceptions for libraries and archives
May 3, 2017 AM Session. SCCR 34 Limitations and Exceptions for libraries and archives
NGOs statements
IFLA presented its proposal for future work:
- a draft model law
- an updated searchable database of exceptions and limitations for libraries, archives and museums
- a study on issues related to limitations and exceptions for libraries, archives and museums and a cross-border context including digital uses.