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Tuesday December 18, 2012 |
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The World Intellectual Property Organization today agreed
to hold a diplomatic conference aimed at establishing an international
treaty aimed at facilitating access to published works for the visually
impaired. The conference, which is the final step toward a treaty, is
scheduled for June 2013 in Morocco.copyright, visually impaired, wipo Slashdot, Digg, Del.icio.us, Newsfeeder, Reddit, StumbleUpon, TwitterTagsShareTuesday December 18, 2012 |
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Tuesday November 20, 2012 |
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Howard Knopf reports
that the Canadian delegation to the World Intellectual Property
Organization Standing Committee on Copyright, which is meeting in Geneva
this week, will endorse the concept of an international treaty for the
visually impaired.copyright, tvi, wipo Slashdot, Digg, Del.icio.us, Newsfeeder, Reddit, StumbleUpon, TwitterTagsShareTuesday November 20, 2012 |
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Wednesday October 31, 2012 |
The government is slated to bring Bill
C-11, the copyright reform bill, into effect next week without
the "notice-and-notice" rules for Internet providers. The
revelations come in a Privy
Council document that provides notification on when the bill
will come into force. It is expected that the order bringing the
bill into effect will be published
on November 7, 2012. The majority of the bill will take effect
on that date, including fair dealing reform, new consumer
exceptions, caps on statutory damages for non-commercial
infringement, the user generated content provision, and the digital
lock rules. There are two notable exceptions, however.
First, the Internet service provider "notice-and-notice" rules will
not take effect. The implementation has been apparently been the
subject of fierce behind-the-scenes lobbying over issues such as the
fees for processing notices and the retention of subscriber
information. The public has not been included in these discussions
and more open policy process is needed in developing the
notice-and-notice regulations.
Second, several sections related to the WIPO Internet Treaties will
also be delayed until those treaties come into force for Canada.
There are lingering
questions over whether Canadian law is fully compliant with
the WIPO Internet treaties, particularly with respect to the private
copying levy. Moreover, Canadian
policy now requires the government to provide the House of
Commons with at least 21-sitting days for review of a treaty before
taking legal steps to bring it into force. The tabling of the treaty
must include an explanatory memorandum. This suggests that these
provisions may be delayed and that the House of Commons may have
some further debate on the WIPO Internet treaties - perhaps
including why the government went far beyond treaty requirements -
whenever the government does pursue bringing the treaties into
force.
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Tuesday June 26, 2012 |
The World Intellectual Property Organization has just concluded the
Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances. KEI notes
that WIPO is now providing webcasts and video on demand of its sessions
and diplomatic conferences. Contrast that with the TPP and ACTA, where
discussions are shrouded in secrecy. In fact, four U.S. senators have signed
a letter asking that congressional offices and NGOs be given access
to the TPP documents.
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