WIPO page on the 13th SCCR

WIPO Documents

Page on Information Meeting on Educational Content and Copyright in the Digital Age at the SCCR 13

Official WIPO Page for the 13th SCCR. The first day of the SCCR was devoted mostly to Limitations and Exeptions to Copyright. For more information on this, see the CPTech page on the 13th SCCR, and in particular, the Chilean Proposal.

Second Revised Consolidated Text for a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations.

November 24, 2005. Press Release. Momentum Grows to Update Broadcaster's Rights.

April 13, 2005. Document prepared by the Chair of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. Working Paper on Alternative and Non-Mandatory Solutions on the Protection in Relation to Webcasting. (SCCR/12/5 Prov.)

WIPO Members' Proposals

November 22, 2005. Proposal by Chile Concerning the Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations.

November 22, 2005. Proposal by Chile on the Analysis of Exceptions and Limitations

November 17, 2005. Proposal by Brazil on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations.

NGO Documents

November 23, 2005. Civil Society Coalition.Statement to the 13th WIPO SCCR on opposition to the Inclusion of Webcasting/Simulcasting in proposed treaty for the protection of Broadcasting Organizations.

November 23, 2005. Consumers International. CI Statement on Broadcast/Webcast Treaty proposals.

November 23, 2005. Third World Network. Statement at the 13th WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.

November 23, 2005. IP Justice. Statement Regarding the Proposal for a Broadcasting Treaty at the 13th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights.

November 23, 2005. Union for the Public Domain. UPD opposes the inclusion of Webcasting in any treaty.

November 23, 2005. Open Knowledge Foundation. Intervention at the WIPO SCCR 2005-11-23

November 23, 2005. Joint Intervention by Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL:) & the International Federation of Library Associations IFLA. Draft Broadcasting Treaty: issues for libraries.

November 22, 2005. Consumers International. Statement of Consumers International to the SCCR Agenda for Limitations and Exceptions to Rights of Copyright Holders.

November 22, 2005. Electronic Frontier Foundation. Statement in Support of Chile's Proposal for Harmonized International Copyright Exceptions for Libraries and Archives, for the Disabled and for Educational Uses.

November 22, 2005. Intervention by the Electronic Information for Libraries & the International Federation of Library Associations. The importance of Exceptions and Limitations to the fair operation of copyright regimes.

November, 2005. European Digital Rights. Submission to the WIPO's 13th SCCR.

November 21, 2005. Joint Statement from 16 NGOs. Recommendations of Certain NGOs Regarding Signal Protection and Article 3(0).

November 21, 2005. IP Justice. Statement Regarding Chile's Proposal to Examine Limitations and Exceptions to Copyrighted Works.

November 21, 2005. Joint Statement by 13 Chilean Civil Society Groups. Position of the Chilean Civil Society on exceptions and limitations to copyright in WIPO`s session.

Rightholder Documents

November 23, 2005. International Music Managers' Forum. Intervention on the second Revised Consolidated Text for a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organisations.

The 32nd Session of the WIPO General Assembly (26 September, 2005 to October 5, 2005) decided that:

Two additional meetings of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will be scheduled to accelerate discussions on the second revised consolidated text (SCCR/12/2 Rev. 2) and the working paper (SCCR/12/5 Prov.). These meetings shall aim to agree and finalize a basic proposal for a treaty on the protection of the rights of broadcasting organisations in order to enable the 2006 WIPO General Assembly to recommend the convening of a Diplomatic Conference in December 2006 or at an appropriate date in 2007.

August 24, 2005. Document prepared by the Secretariat of the WIPO General Assembly. Protection of Broadcasting Organizations. (WO/GA/32/5) Note that the Reports of the Regional Consultations on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations are included in this document as Annex 1.

April 13, 2005. Document prepared by the Chair of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. Working Paper on Alternative and Non-Mandatory Solutions on the Protection in Relation to Webcasting. (SCCR/12/5 Prov.)

News Coverage

November 28, 2005. Sangeeta Shashikant for the South-North Development Monitor. Debate at WIPO on limitations and exceptions to copyright.

November 25, 2005. Washington Internet Daily. WIPO Broadast Treaty meeting ends with little decided on including webcasting.

November 18, 2005. William New for IP-Watch. Brazil Seeks Knowledge Access, Diversity In WIPO Broadcasting Treaty.

November 16, 2005. William New for IP-Watch. WIPO Copyright Committee To Meet After Year-Long Hiatus.

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