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Opening Comments by India on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at WIPO SCCR 28
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Jul 07, 2014
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Jul 21, 2014 05:55 PM
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Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
This was the statement made by the Indian delegation at the 28th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights on July 2, 2014.
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28th Session of the WIPO SCCR: Report on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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Jul 29, 2014
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last modified
Aug 07, 2014 10:44 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
The 28th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“the Committee” / "SCCR") took place in Geneva from June 30, 2014 to July 04, 2014. In this article, Nehaa Chaudhari, who attended this meeting on behalf of CIS, discusses the developments that took place with reference to the proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations (“Broadcast Treaty”).
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Disability groups in India welcome progress on treaty for blind persons
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Dec 21, 2012
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last modified
Dec 31, 2012 01:40 AM
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Accessibility,
WIPO
Four years of struggle for a global treaty for the benefit of blind persons is finally bearing fruit. Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation have agreed to conclude a treaty for visually-impaired and print disabled persons by June 2013.
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International treaty to make books accessible to the blind
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 21, 2012
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Access to Medicine,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
It would make it legal to send accessible books across borders.
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WIPO General Assemblies Approve Road Map on Treaty for the Visually Impaired
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by
Rahul Cherian
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Oct 11, 2012
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filed under:
Accessibility,
WIPO
In a significant development the 50th session of Assemblies of WIPO member states reached a breakthrough decision on how to complete negotiations on a pact to improve access to copyrighted works for the many visually impaired or print disabled people around the world.
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37th SCCR: CIS Statement on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations
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by
Anubha Sinha
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Nov 29, 2018
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Nov 29, 2018 10:08 AM
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Anubha Sinha, attending the 37th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from November 26, 2018 to November 30, 2018, made this statement on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations on behalf of CIS on Day 1, November 26.
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37th SCCR: CIS Statement on the Agenda on Limitations and Exceptions
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by
Anubha Sinha
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Nov 29, 2018
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Nov 29, 2018 10:20 AM
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Limitations & Exceptions,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
Anubha Sinha, attending the 37th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from November 26, 2018 to November 30, 2018, made this statement on the agenda on limitations and exceptions on behalf of CIS on Day 3, November 28.
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Views on on the proposed WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations at side-event organised by Knowledge Ecology International
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by
Anubha Sinha
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Nov 29, 2018
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Limitations & Exceptions,
Access to Knowledge,
Broadcast Treaty,
Broadcasting,
WIPO
On November 27, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) organised a side event during deliberations of the 37th Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), Electronic Information for Libraries (eiFL.net), Corporacion Innovarte, Creative Commons, and Knowledge Ecology International appraised the current text for the proposed WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations (Revised Consolidated Text on Definitions, Object of Protection, Rights to be Granted and Other Issues, SCCR/36/6).
Speakers provided an overview of the treaty, explained the potential risks and problems caused, and proposed solutions to narrow the Treaty’s scope and limit the damage.
Below is a transcript of the remarks made by Anubha Sinha who represented CIS at this event.
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Report of the 30th Session of the WIPO SCCR by the Centre for Internet & Society
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Mar 23, 2016
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last modified
Apr 04, 2016 02:39 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
This report was edited by Nehaa Chaudhari, Programme Officer; compiled with assistance from Nisha S.K., Administrator, and, Aarushi Bansal, Amulya P., and Saahil Dama, interns.
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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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Sep 28, 2012
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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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