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WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 26th Session- Consolidated Notes (Part 2 of 3)
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Mar 20, 2014
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filed under:
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
From December 16 to 20, 2013, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) met for the 26th session. This blog post (Part 2 of 3) summarizes Days 3 and 4 of the proceedings of the 26th SCCR, based on my notes of the session and WIPO's transcripts.
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WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 26th Session- Consolidated Notes (Part 3 of 3)
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Mar 31, 2014
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last modified
Apr 01, 2014 09:48 AM
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filed under:
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
From December 16 to 20, 2013, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) met for the 26th session. This blog post (Part 3 of 3) summarizes Day 4 of the proceedings of the 26th SCCR, based on my notes of the session and WIPO's transcripts.
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WIPO to Convene a Diplomatic Conference in Morocco to Finalise TVI
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by
Rahul Cherian
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published
Dec 24, 2012
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filed under:
Accessibility,
WIPO
In a landmark development, on December 18, 2012, the Extraordinary General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed to convene a diplomatic conference, likely to be in Morocco, in June of next year to finalise the Treaty for Visually Impaired Persons/Persons with Print Disabilities.
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WIPO To Negotiate Treaty For The Blind In June; ‘Still Some Distance To Travel’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 21, 2012
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last modified
Dec 21, 2012 11:50 AM
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filed under:
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
In a swift 15 minute session this morning delegates at the World Intellectual Property Organization extraordinary assembly agreed to convene a high-level meeting in Morocco in June to finalise a treaty on international exceptions to copyrights on books in special formats for visually impaired people.
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WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired — Moving from a Treaty on Paper to a Treaty that is Workable on the Ground
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by
Rahul Cherian
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published
Sep 28, 2012
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filed under:
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
After many years of hard lobbying by the World Blind Union, it appears that the WIPO Treaty on limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons/persons with print disabilities (TVI) could become a reality next year. However, due to pressure from the European Union and the United States, and their insistence on several untenable provisions, there is a real risk that the TVI could become unworkable on the ground.
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