American University’ Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, Knowledge Ecology International and the Access to Knowledge Coalition have organized a technical briefing on the legal and policy issues at stake in the 43rd meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (WIPO SCCR 43). 

Date and time: 6 March 2023,  9:00-10:30 EST / 15:00-16:30 CET
To register: Registration is required - you can register here. 

The SCCR meeting takes place on 13 - 17 March, 2023. Major issues on the agenda include consideration of the Second Revised Draft Text for the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty, the Proposal by the African Group for a Draft Work Program on Exceptions and Limitations, and a Toolkit on Preservation by Cultural Heritage Institutions. 

Representatives of accredited public interest observers of the SCCR will provide analysis of the WIPO SCCR 43 agenda. Speakers and topics - 

• Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager: Brief History of the SCCR L&E Agenda; 
• Sean Flynn, American University, PIJIP: Limitations and Exceptions in International Copyright and Related Rights;
• James Love, Knowledge Ecology International: The Broadcast Treaty;
• Dick Kawooya, University of South Carolina and EIFL’s Coordinator of Copyright Advocacy in Africa for the Right to Research Project: The Preservation Toolkit; 
• Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam Institute for Information Law (IViR). Comments