[A2k] KEI Statment on SCCR future work

[James Love]

http://www.keionline.org/blogs/2008/11/06/sccr-future-work/

KEI Statment on SCCR future work

KEI supports work on copyright limitations and exceptions. Like many
others, we think that access for disabled persons should be given
priority. The World Blind Union (WBU) has petitioned WIPO consistently
on this topic since 2002, at SCCR 7. It is time to address the human
rights of disabled persons.

KEI asks the SCCR to remove the broadcasting treaty from the agenda
until such time as there is greater consensus over the purpose of the
treaty.

Piracy of broadcasts is already illegal under numerous treaties,
including those that deal with copyright, or regulatory policy. If new
economic rights are created for cable and satellite television channels,
there will be a huge concentration of rights in a handful of
corporations, at the expense of consumers and creative communities.

KEI suggests the SCCR broaden its program on the issue of performers.
The SCCR might gather data and statistics on the distribution of income
from performances, or ask the Secretariat to commission a study on the
factors that influence the distribution of revenues to performers. This
should also fruitfully consider the types of alternative remuneration
schemes referred to by the IMMF, considering the possibility that there
are limits to the enforcement of exclusive rights.

The orphan works element of the EU proposal could be included in the
agenda item for limitations and exceptions.

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James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International
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