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as PDF.SCCR32, Day 5: African Group statement on copyright limitations and exceptions for educational and research institutions
African Group Statement on Agenda Item 7
Thirty-Second Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)11 May 2016
Thank you Mr. Chairman,
Nigeria has the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Africa Group.
KEI Comments to U.S. Copyright Office on Section 1201
On March 3, 2016, KEI filed a comment with the U.S. Copyright Office in Docket No. 2015-8, regarding 17 U.S.C. § 1201.
The comment made specific recommendations regarding changes to the rulemaking procedure, the anti-trafficking provisions, and permanent exemptions, and also suggested requiring a registration and application process, as well as payment of a fee, for the DRM/TPM seeking legal protection under the law.
KEI comments to Copyright Office on software-enabled consumer products
Submission of Knowledge Ecology International
U.S. Copyright Office Docket No. 2015-6This is the submission of Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) in response to the U.S. Copyright Office request for public comment on “software-enabled consumer products” (U.S. Copyright Office Docket No. 2015-6).
Introduction
Knowledge Ecology International is a non-governmental organization with offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, that searches for better outcomes, including new solutions, to the management of knowledge resources.
This submission covers these topics:
USPTO White Paper Suggests Statutory Factors To Clarify Extent of Statutory Damages for Copyright Infringement
Knowledge Ecology International joins amicus brief on non-copyrightability of model laws and statutes
Washington, DC — On January 11, 2016, Knowledge Ecology International joined Public Knowledge and the American Library Association in an amicus curiae brief that argued that the contents of model laws, once enacted into statute, cannot be protected by copyright. The brief was filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of ASTM International v. Public.Resource.Org.
SCCR 31 KEI Statement on the GRULAC Proposal for Analysis of Copyright Related to the Digital Environment
SAVE THE DATE – 16 December 2015 – KEI workshop on a WTO Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and the copyright 3-step test
On Wednesday, 16 December 2015, at the Fourth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest (National Law University, Delhi, India), Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) will convene a workshop entitled a “WTO Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and the Three-Step Test for Copyright and Related Rights.”
Western or Fairy Tales? Global Copyright Policies & Info Soc VII Seminary, Curitiba Brazil
Here is my presentation at the VII Seminary Internacional Sobre Sociedade Da Informacao E Propriedade intelectual organized by Professor Marcos Wachowicz, Universidade Do Parana and Professor Jose Augusto Fontoura Costa, Universidade De Sao Paulo. Participants –all experts in copyrights– were from Spain, Portugal and Brazil and the discussions were lively and informative. Great copyright event in Curitiba, Brazil. Continue Reading
Copyright norms in treaties & trade agreements – what possibly can go wrong?
My presentation at IX CODAIP, Curitiba, Brazil, on Copyright norms in treaties & trade agreements – what possibly can go wrong?.
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