CC at SCCR 42 — A Look Back at the WIPO Copyright Meeting
Summary
From 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. On May 9, Wikimedia chapters of France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Sweden, and Switzerland were denied accreditation as official observers to the WIPO SCCR. For Creative Commons, the exceptions and limitations proposed in the draft treaty are insufficient to address uses for purposes of education, research and preservation of cultural heritage. We also welcome the meeting’s conclusions to (1) invite experts to give presentations on specific cross-borders problems in the online and cross-border environment, including on education and research; (2) for the Secretariat to develop, in consultations with experts and stakeholders from beneficiary communities and right holders, toolkits on technical assistance to support education, research and the preservation of cultural heritage. We look forward to Member States taking active steps to build on this momentum and accelerate the work for a fairer and more balanced copyright system that supports better sharing in the public interest.
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