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Tag: World Intellectual Property Organization
CC at WIPO SCCR 43: Progress Made on Exceptions and Limitations and Draft
by Brigitte Vézina, Catherine Stihler CopyrightFrom 13 to 17 March 2023, Creative Commons (CC) participated in the 43rd 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/43 week. Excited to be @WIPO in Geneva to attend the…
Why We’re Advocating for a Cautious Approach to Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
by Brigitte Vézina, Diane Peters CopyrightOn 14 February 2020, Creative Commons (CC) submitted its comments on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)’s Issues Paper* as part of WIPO’s consultation process on artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) policy. In this post, we briefly present our main arguments for a cautious approach to regulating AI through copyright or any new…
Creative Commons at WIPO: Supporting a more fair copyright for teaching and learning
by Timothy Vollmer CopyrightLast week in Geneva, Creative Commons participated in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) bi-annual meeting of its committee on copyright and related rights. CC has had “observer status” at WIPO since 2011, which means that it can attend the proceedings and at times offer written or oral feedback on activities of the committees. WIPO’s…