Transcript Protection of Copyright and Related Rights: Recent International Developments Jørgen Blomqvist Director, Copyright Law Division.

Protection of Copyright and Related Rights: Recent
International Developments
Jørgen Blomqvist
Director, Copyright Law Division
Audiovisual performances
• Not covered by the WPPT
• Diplomatic conference in 2000
– Provisional understanding, 19 articles
• Outstanding issues
• Discussions in the Assemblies of
Member States of WIPO
• Informal ad hoc meeting in 2003
• Information meeting in November 2004
• Informal contacts between stakeholders
Non-original databases
• Treaty proposed in 1996, but not
adopted
• Discussions in the SCCR
• Studies on economic impact
• Diverging opinions
• Not yet resolved in national legislation
• Discussions resume when requested
Protection of broadcasting
organizations
• Discussed since 1998 in the SCCR
• Protection of contents or signal
• Protection of cablecasters and
webcasters
• Anti-piracy protection or economic
rights overlapping rights in content
• Preparation of basic proposal
• Diplomatic conference postponed
Limitations and exceptions
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Visually impaired persons
Libraries and archives
Education and research
Balancing technological protection
measures
• Treaty or “soft law”
• Alternative solutions
Future issues I
• Responsibility of Internet Service
Providers
• Applicable Law in Respect of
International Infringements
• Voluntary Copyright Recordation
Systems
• Resale Rights
Future issues II
• Implementation of the WCT and WPPT
– Technological Measures of Protection
– Limitations and Exceptions
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Economics of Copyright
Collective Management of Rights
Interoperability of DRM systems
Metadata harmonization
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