[A2k] IFRRO newletter on SCCR negotiations

[James Love]

As you can see, IFRRO's new newsleter is juxtaposing its own opposition
to limitations and exceptions to its leadership in proposing a WIPO
platform focusing on voluntary negotiations.

IFRRO News
Volume 11 =E2=80=93 Number 6 - November 2008

Joint Rightholder positions at WIPO on
Exceptions and Limitations
A Joint Position on Exceptions and Limitations,
signed by 26 Non-Governmental Organisations
was presented at the WIPO Standing Committee
on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) held 3-7
November 2008 in Geneva. It was based on the
following general principles: (1) Existing
flexibilities are not only adequate but preferable to
new international binding norms. (2) At national
level, all legislative options should be built on a
flexible and fair foundation based on lawful access
for users respecting the rights of creators and
other rightholders. (3) There are many examples
of good national models and practices within the
present international norms. IFRRO issued its
own position paper in March 2008
In relation to the World Blind Union=E2=80=99s (WBU)
proposal for a WIPO Treaty for Improved Access
for Blind, Visually Impaired and other Reading
Disabled Persons, IFRRO issued a statement
encouraging WIPO to launch a platform of
stakeholder consultation. This would develop a
roadmap for ensuring access to copyright works
for the visually impaired, including best practice
rules, guidelines and/or a sample agreement in
order to facilitate accessibility to reading materials
in a trusted and secure environment.


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James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International
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