What’s at Stake for the Public Interest at WIPO SCCR 43?

9:00-10:30 EST | 15:00-16:30 CET
March 6, 2023  | Registration Required 

American University’ Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, Knowledge Ecology International and the Access to Knowledge Coalition recently hosted a technical briefing on the legal and policy issues at stake in the 43rd meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.

The SCCR will be meeting on March 13-17, 2023. Major issues on the agenda include consideration of the Second Revised Draft Text for the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty, Proposal by the African Group for a Draft Work Program on Exceptions and Limitations, and a Toolkit on Preservation by Cultural Heritage Institutions. Representatives of accredited public interest observers of the SCCR will provide analysis of the agenda for stakeholders, delegates and others interested in the outcomes of the SCCR.

Speakers:

• Teresa Hackett, EIFL
  Brief History of the SCCR L&E Agenda 
  Presentation |  Video
• Sean Flynn, American University, PIJIP
  Second Draft of the WIPO Broadcasters Treaty, Annotated
  Paper | Appendix | Video
• James Love, Knowledge Ecology International
  The Trouble With the Broadcast Treaty
  Paper | Video
• Dick Kawooya, University of South Carolina 
  Toolkit on Preservation by Cultural Heritage Institutions 
  Paper | Video

• Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam Institute for Information Law (IViR)
  Comments
  Video

Additional background documents:

• Sean Flynn. Limitations and Exceptions in the Second Revised Draft Text of the Broadcast Treaty
• Andres Izquierdo. Report of SCCR/42 on Limitations and Exceptions and the African Group Work Plan Proposal.
• Bernt Hugenholtz. The WIPO Broadcasting Treaty: Comments on the Second Revised Draft.