[Ecommerce] WIPO Draft Report of the 12th Session of the SCCR

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=3D6312
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=3D38449

The draft report (SCCR/12/4 Prov.) of the 12th Session of the WIPO
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights can be found in the
links posted above in Word and pdf formats.


Below are the "Conclusions by the Chairman of the Standing Committee"
which are taken from this draft report. My questions to the experts on
this list are the following:

What legal status, if any, do the "Conclusions by the Chairman of the
Standing" have?

Are conclusions by the Chairman that have not been endorsed by the
Committee actionable under the rules of procedure that govern WIPO?


Sincerely,

Thiru Balasubramaniam
Geneva Representative
CPTech


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CONCLUSIONS BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE

A. BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS

1. Documents to be prepared

=96 a second revised version of the Consolidated Text will be prepared by
the Chairman of the present session of the Standing Committee;

=96 a working paper on alternative non-mandatory solutions to the
protection of webcasting organizations, including simulcasting
organizations, will be prepared to accompany the second revised version;


2 Regional and other informal consultations

=96 regional consultations and other types of informal consultation
meetings will be organized by the International Bureau, as requested by
the Member States;


3. Thirteenth Session of the Standing Committee

=96 the next session of the Standing Committee will take into account the
progress made in the regional consultations and other types of informal
consultation meetings;


=96 the Committee will, in light of the results of the regional
consultations and other types of informal consultations, consider the
second revised version of the Consolidated Text, and examine the working
paper on alternative solutions on the protection of webcasting
organizations.


B. EXCEPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS TO COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS

=96 an agenda item on exceptions and limitations for the purposes of
education, libraries and disabled persons will be placed on the agenda
of the Thirteenth Session of the Standing Committee.