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CC’s Key Insights from WIPO’s Meeting on Copyright
by Brigitte Vézina, Catherine Stihler Copyright, Open HeritageFrom 6 to 8 November 2023, Creative Commons participated remotely in the 44th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. In this blog post, we look back on the session’s highlights on broadcasting, exceptions and limitations, and generative AI, from CC’s perspective.
CC at SCCR 42: A Look Back at the WIPO Copyright Meeting
by Brigitte Vézina CopyrightFrom 9 to 13 May 2022, Creative Commons (CC) participated in the 42nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva, Switzerland. In this blog post, we look back on the highlights of the SCCR/42 week. Super happy to represent @creativecommons at @WIPO #SCCR42 #copyright…
Securing the right to read for the visually impaired
by Timothy Vollmer CopyrightBraille soon coming to Visual Libraries Project by Claire Sambrook, CC BY-NC 2.0. Today the Marrakesh Treaty—the international agreement to improve access to copyrighted works for the blind and visually impaired—goes into effect. The treaty has been discussed at the World Intellectual Property Organization since 2008 and was signed in Marrakesh in June 2013. It…