[A2k] WIPO RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SEMINAR (September 17, 2007)

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WIPO Information Seminar on Rights Management Information: Accessing
Creativity in a Network Environment
Geneva, September 17, 2007 (09:30 - 17:00)

The Seminar

The online distribution of content presents significant opportunities
and challenges to copyright owners, users and intermediaries such as
search engines. It also raises crucial questions in areas such as
ownership, licensing and management of IP as well as regarding the tools
used to manage creative content and identify users and owners.

The 1996 WIPO "Internet" Treaties (WCT and WPPT) define 'rights
management information' (RMI) as 'information which identifies the work,
the author of the work, the owner of any right in the work, or
information about the terms and conditions of use of the work, and any
numbers or codes that represent such information, when any of these
items of information is attached to a copy of a work or appears in
connection with the communication of a work to the public.'

RMI is increasingly relevant and important. The technological tools
used to manage rights information have been improving in recent years
through growing sophistication in metadata schemes and development of
standards.

RMI is increasingly used by copyright industries in the network
environment, enabling users to customise their searches and engage in
effective and flexible licensing agreements with right owners. Moreover,
the rise of User Generated Content (UGC), the rise of new online
licensing tools such as Creative Commons, and the growing popularity of
blogging and social networking, offer new horizons for use of RMI in
increasing copyright compliance while providing users greater
functionality and flexibility to access and use content.

The WIPO Seminar on Rights Management Information will illustrate the
relevance of RMI, survey existing technologies and standards, and
identify future challenges.

Speakers

Key players in online copyright businesses - lawyers, academics,
businesspersons and policy-makers - will shed light on this rapidly
changing field.

Venue

WIPO Headquarters
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
34, chemin des Colombettes
1211 Geneva 20
Room A

More information and registration at
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2007/sem_cr_ge/



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