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The 23rd session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) ended on 2nd December 2011. IFLA and library and archive organisations welcome the significant progress made by WIPO Member States towards achieving a global set of copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives.
The 23rd session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights continued at WIPO over the weekend. Discussion on Saturday concerned a proposed WIPO Draft Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organisations. On Monday two new documents were introduced: a ‘Working Document on an International Instrument on Limitations for Persons with Print Disabilities’ and a ‘Draft Compilation on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives’.
During the WIPO SCCR discussions on an instrument for the visually impaired, the library community strongly supported a treaty for person with print disabilities. Read their statements.
Three additional working days of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) ended yesterday in Geneva with great progress made regarding copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives. Delegates from WIPO’s Member States discussed the issues facing for libraries and archives. During the discussions ten work ‘clusters’ had been identified by member states.
A delegation from the world’s leading library and archive organisations held a meeting with WIPO Director General Francis Gurry on Tuesday afternoon. The delegation discussed the copyright issues facing libraries and archives with the WIPO DG.
In a statement to the WIPO Copyright Committee, Ingrid Parent, IFLA President, highlighted the importance of an updated copyright framework for libraries in the digital age.
The Brazilian delegation at WIPO introduced a background paper written by IFLA, ICA, EIFL and INNOVARTE on the issues libraries and archives are facing.
The World Intellectual Property Organisation's Copyright Committee discusses copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives. IFLA advocates for an international legal instrument that would bring the international copyright framework for libraries into the digital age.
Significant progress was made on exceptions and limitations for persons with print and other reading disabilities at the 22nd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in June.
In conjunction with the WIPO-SCCR meeting in Geneva, IFLA co-hosted a reception with the World Intellectual Property Association on Tuesday 21st June 2011.