Malaysia on limitations and exceptions: WIPO 2009 General Assembly
Here is the except of Malaysia’s intervention at the WIPO General Assembly made yesterday during discussion of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). This excerpt shows Malaysia’s position on limitations and exceptions.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Quite a bit of KEI’s work has involved the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). To locate relevant articles, you can use the KEI web page search engine (see the “Search this site” form), or one of the various taxonomy terms for WIPO, including WIPO.
One of KEI’s major projects now involves a proposal for a WIPO treaty for sharing accessible formats of copyrighted works for persons who are blind or have other reading disabilities.
Some additional documents are linked below:
KEI statement to 2009 WIPO General Assembly on SCCR work program
The following is the written statement for the record that KEI has provided to the WIPO General Assembly, on the topic of the work program for the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) recommends that the topic of the broadcast treaty be removed from the SCCR agenda, for the following reasons.
Australian intervention at 2009 WIPO GA on the SCCR
This is the intervention Australia made on agenda item 25 on the SCCR at the 2009 WIPO General Assembly. Australia supported the “the dual approach of the stakeholder’s platform as well as examining the possibility of an international instrument”.
WIPO GA, September 28, 2009
Semi live blogging, for Monday (September 28), at the WIPO 2009 General Assembly
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US statement at WIPO General Assembly on SCCR
On September 28, 2009, the United States of America delivered the following intervention on agenda item 25 concerning the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the 47 Session of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO.
WIPO GA, September 25, 2009
Semi live blogging, for Friday, at the WIPO 2009 General Assembly
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Workshops and public consultations relating to the Treaty for Reading Disabled Persons in the run up to SCCR 19
In May 2009, at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 18th session, the governments of Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay formally tabled a proposal (SCCR/18/5) to WIPO endorsing the World Blind Union’s Treaty for Reading Disabled Persons. The States’ proposal has generated a flurry of activity including meetings scheduled in Belgium, Egypt, India and the United States related to the Treaty, norm setting, orphan works and limitations and exceptions to copyright. Continue Reading
Group B opening statement at 2009 WIPO GA
In WIPO, Group B is a club of high income countries. This is the statement Group B delivered in the Agenda item for general statements, at the 2009 WIPO GA.
47th Series of Meetings of WIPO
Geneva, September 22 to October 1, 2009
Group B: opening statement
Mr. Chairman
Live blogging WIPO GA, September 24, 2009
WIPO has elected two vice-chairs for the GA, Tunisia and Turkey. Tunisia now chairing.
Chile made a very nice statement on the public domain, copyright L&E, and access to knowledge.
The Tunisia chair just ruled that NGOs cannot speak today, and may only submit written statements. We may have opportunity later this week. The excuse was the “long list” of NGOs, but that not true. There were only about 4 or 5 on the list, including KEI, TWN and the WBU.