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Annual Meeting of the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights: The Right to Research in International Copyright

April 21, 2022

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American University Washington College of Law

The 2022 Annual Meeting of the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights is cosponsored by PIJIP, the American University International Law Review, the University of Amsterdam Institute for Information Law, and the Arcadia Project on the Right to Research in International Copyright.

Our meeting is organized around a core question: How should international copyright law protect rights to produce and access research materials? The meetings will include private works-in-progress workshops and a public thematic Symposium of the American University International Law Review.

This meeting is open to invited participants, including members of the IP-Profs, Right to Research, and Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights communities. If you are a member of one of these communities, you register to join the day’s sessions  https://form.jotform.com/pijip/annual-meeting All attendees are expected to read the papers in the session(s) they attend. Papers will be shared with registered guests by April 15.

These meetings will be open to invited participants and held under Chatham House Rule. Sessions will be recorded and posted for replay for participants after each session -- but not to the general public. Participants may attend and present through a virtual connection (Zoom Meeting).

9:15    Opening Plenary

  • Michael Carroll, American University Washington College of Law,  The Right to Research in U.S. Intellectual Property Law
  • Michele Woods, Copyright Law Division, World Intellectual Property Organization, The Limitations and Exceptions Agenda at WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
  • Patricia Aufderheide, American University School of Communication, Obstacles to Research in Text and Data Mining
  • Sean Flynn, American University Washington College of Law, Arcadia Project on the Right to Research in Int’l Intellectual Property Law

10:45 Coffee

11:15 Concurrent Workshops

Comparative Copyright
Room NT01

  • Ariel Katz, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada, On the Partial (In)Alienability of Users’ Rights
  • John Willinsky, Stanford University, The International Case for Open Access (to Research) Copyright Reform
  • Anubha Sinha, Centre for Internet and Society, India, Are Indian academic consortia contracts research-friendly? An empirical study of library and users’ rights in academic consortia arrangements
  • Joe Karaganis, Open Syllabus, The Right to Research in the Classroom: A Three-Step Solution to a Contested Question

Impact of Recognizing Research Rights in Copyright
Room NT-07

  • Christian Handke, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, Copyright’s Impact On Text And Data Mining By Academic Researchers
  • Or Cohen-Sasson, Tel Aviv University, Buchmann Faculty of Law, Israel, The Replicability Crisis and Intellectual Property Law
  • Aditya Gupta, Indian Institute of Management, India, Right to Research and Copyright Law: From Photocopying to Shadow Libraries

Case Studies and Applications (All presenters online)
Room YT-17

  • Thomas Margoni, Faculty of Law and Criminology, KU Leuven, Belgium, AI, Machine Learning and EU Copyright Law: A Socio-Legal Analysis of Ownership Issues in Training Data in the Context of Three Case Studies
  • Desmond Oriakhogba, University of Venda, South Africa, Human Right to Research in African Copyright Law
  • Péter Mezei, University of Szeged, Hungary, Digital Higher Education in the Age of Pandemic - The Hungarian Experience
  • Orit Fischman Afori, Haim Striks School of Law, Israel; Dr. Dalit Ken-Dror Feldman, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa, Israel, Academic Studies, Reconceptualizing Access to Theses and Dissertations

1:00 Lunch

2:30 Concurrent Workshops

Contracts, Technological Protection and Licensing 
Room NT-01

  • Ariel Katz, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada, On the Partial (In)Alienability of Users’ Rights
  • John Willinsky, Stanford University, The International Case for Open Access (to Research) Copyright Reform
  • Anubha Sinha, Centre for Internet and Society, India, Are Indian academic consortia contracts research-friendly? An empirical study of library and users’ rights in academic consortia arrangements

  • Joe Karaganis, Open Syllabus, The Right to Research in the Classroom: A Three-Step Solution to a Contested Question

Studies of the Utility of Research Exceptions in Specific Contexts
Room: NT-07

  • Andrew Rens, Research ICT Africa, South Africa, Right to AI Research in Africa
  • Enrico Bonadio, City University of London, United Kingdom; Anushka Tanwar, University School of Law and Legal Studies, India, Copyright and Academic Research in Times of Pandemic
  • Antony Kakooza, Makerere University, Uganda, Copyright and Disability

International Law Making and Interpretation
Room: Y401

  • Martin Senftleben, Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Compliance of National TDM Rules with International Copyright Law – An Overrated Nonissue?
  • Maria Vasquez Callo-Müller, University of Lucerne, Switzerland, FTAs’ Contribution Towards a More Flexible Copyright Space: Possibilities and Limits
  • Naama Daniel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Lost in Transit – How Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Copyright Judgments Undermines the Right to Research

4:15 Coffee