Do we need a Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations to copyright? 12/03/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related "Do we need a Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations to copyright?" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
admin says 12/03/2008 at 10:37 am For reference: New Proposal At WIPO For Exceptions and Limitations Agreement; US Unconvinced WIPO Copyright Committee Begins New Era With Revised Agenda, Same Chair Reply
James Love says 13/03/2008 at 8:25 am Yes, we do need a treaty on limitations and exceptions. Some of the topics for such a treaty are included in the 2005 multi-stakeholder draft of a treaty for access to knowledge. There are very compelling reasons to have mandatory minimum exceptions in areas where cross-border services, publishing and distribution of works is important. A leading case for a treaty will for to address the concerns of the visually impaired. There will be a real push on this, and also, in other key areas, such as distance education, or innovative services, like current search engines or the next version of such services. The Berne Appendix is not very successful, and people will be looking at it as well. Reply