Category: Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights

Among the Agenda Items which were left unfinished at this year’s General Assembly, was item 34: Matters Relating to the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). The SCCR is one of WIPO’s busiest and perhaps most important committees to stakeholders within the IP community. Both of the organization’s most recently adopted international treaties, the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (2012), as well as the Marrakesh treaty on copyright exceptions for the blind and other visually impaired (2013) were developed through the work of this committee.

Now, moving forward, the SCCR finds itself with three more treaties currently on the agenda, but a certain amount of disagreement remains Continue reading “A Closer Look at the 2013 GA: The SCCR”

Although our last post regarding the agenda for the 26th session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) provided a broad overview of the issues to be discussed at this December’s session, we decided that in order to provide more in depth coverage regarding the texts that are on the agenda, a small blog post summarizing these provisional documents would help to put these documents under further scrutiny.

Continue reading “Three Important Documents to be Discussed at the 26th Session of the SCCR”

Currently, when looking at the agenda for the 26^th session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) one can see three items of importance that are to be discussed this December 16^th to the 20^th .  These are: the protection of broadcasting organizations, limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, and limitations and exceptions for educational and research institutions and for persons with other disabilities.  If all three of these sound familiar, it is because they were also on the agenda for the 25^th session of the SCCR and  whether they will still  remain on the agenda for the 27th session will remain to be seen. However, until then, here is a brief summary of each item.

Continue reading “What’s on the Agenda at the 26th Session of the SCCR”

As September closes and October fast approaches, so too does the date for the next session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).  Although the 26^th session is not going to be held until December 16^th to 20^th of this year, many member states have reportedly already begun preparing for the meeting.  As such, in preparation for this important event, we have worked to create an account of what happened at the previous session of the SCCR in order to better prepare readers of what is going to be discussed in Geneva this December.

Continue reading “What Happened at the 25th Session of the SCCR?”