[Ecommerce] Side event on copyright-related issues at WIPO PCDA

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

An informal session/side event on copyright-related issues, in the
framework of the WIPO Provisional Committee on Proposals related to a
WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA), will take place on 21 February
(Tuesday), in Salle B from 13.15 to 14.45.   According to a source at
WIPO, this was organized at the request of NGOs.

The session will split into four presentations, followed by a short
debate on the matters raised.

Moderator:
David Uwemedimo (CISAC)

Speakers and proposed topics:

Shira Perlmutter, IFPI:  Copyright and the Digital Marketplace

Teresa Hackett, IFLA:  Libraries and the WIPO Development Agenda

Ronaldo Lemos, Creative Commons Brazil: Alternative Licensing and the
Development Agenda

Paul Aiken, Authors Guild of America (tbc):  Authors and the Google
Print and Library Projects