[A2k] Michael Geist: Canadian Leadership at WIPO Copyright Committee?

[Manon Ress]

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Canadian Leadership at WIPO Copyright Committee?

Tuesday March 04, 2008

Sources this afternoon from Geneva indicate that there is talk of
Canada putting itself forward for the chair position of the WIPO
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.  This position is
absolutely critical to international copyright policy matters as the
broadcast treaty, development agenda, and work on limitations and
exceptions all flow through the committee.  Canadian officials have
frequently faced criticism for bringing a large delegation to Geneva
but remaining relatively quiet.  If these rumours are true, this
provides an opportunity for leadership on key international copyright
matters that would allow the government to point to its international
activities as evidence that it is engaged on copyright.  Stay tuned.

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Il vaut mieux remuer une question, sans la d=E9cider, que la d=E9cider,
sans la remuer.
Pens=E9es, essais, maximes et correspondance de J. Joubert  p.249
http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=3DGallica&O=3DNUMM-88671
Translation: It is better to debate a question without settling it
than to settle a question without debating it