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Workshop on Proposed WIPO Copyright Limitations and Exceptions Work Programme and Broadcasting Treaty

27 April 2022 | 14:00 - 16:00  CEST 
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WIPO Building in Geneva, Switzerland

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This workshop will be held to prepare for the 42nd session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. The workshop will address two themes: 1) Proposal by the African Group for a work programme on exceptions and limitations and 2) Appraising proposals for a WIPO broadcasting treaty in 2022 and its implications on access to culture and knowledge.

Agenda

Part 1: Proposal by the African Group for a work programme on exceptions and limitations

14:00 – 14:15: Presentation on the African Group proposal for a work program on exceptions and limitations, Mohamed Bakir, Permanent Mission of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland

14:15 – 14:30: Open discussion between participants

Part 2: Appraising proposals for a WIPO broadcasting treaty in 2022 and its implications on access to culture and knowledge

14:30 – 15:00: The Chair’s new text: What is protected, what rights are granted, and for how long, and will that change the distribution of licensing revenues and the ability to clear rights?

  • James Love, Knowledge Ecology International 
  • Erry Prasetyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia

15:00 – 15:30: The Treaty - What are its implications on the right to education (research, preserve, train and teach)?

  • Teresa Hackett, Electronic Information for Libraries 
  • Teresa Nobre, Communia
  • Luis Villarroel, Innovarte

15:30 – 16:00: Question and Answer session