Exceptions and Limitations

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South African Copyright Reform Rumbles On

The controversial Copyright Amendment Bill D-Bill 2017, passed by the National Assembly on 1 September 2023, will next be tabled in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP),...

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Pranav Gupta and Uchenna Cyril Anioke at SCCR 42
  • Opinion, Uncategorized

SCCR 42 Blog Day 4: Where’s the limit?

Day 4 of this 42nd meeting of the SCCR picked up exactly where Day 3 left off, with discussions on exceptions and limitations and observer...
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IPA Delegation at SCCR 42
  • Opinion, Uncategorized

SCCR 42 Blog Day 3: And so the exceptions discussion begins

Day 3 of SCCR 42 opened with further discussion and analysis of the new text on the broadcasting treaty with the afternoon reserved for discussions...
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José Borghino talking at SCCR 41
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IPA underlines publishers’ contribution during COVID pandemic at WIPO Copyright Committee

The 41st session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place in hybrid format from 28...

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IPA Secretary General speaks about exceptions and limitations to copyright and why, sometimes, they are not the right solution.

IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, spoke recently on a panel called ‘Creating a Living: Exceptions & Limitations to Copyright Balanced by Licensing’, which was organised...

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  • Opinion

Discussions on copyright exceptionally limited

Day 3 of the hybrid SCCR 40 saw the Exceptions and Limitations discussions take centre stage....
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  • Opinion

WIPO diary SCCR 40 (days 1 & 2): SCCR 40 — A sight for square eyes

This first meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of 2020 is an almost 100% virtual affair, save for a...
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Intellectual Property and international cooperation: Past, present, future

On Monday 20 July, watch the second part of a fascinating discussion between IPA President, Hugo Setzer, and Francis Gurry, the Director General of the...

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IPA and rightholder delegates at WIPO SCCR 39
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Copyright Exceptions and Limitations at WIPO International Conference and SCCR 39

Before Frankfurt Book Fair had even finished, IPA’s attention was drawn back to Geneva where WIPO was holding an International Conference on Copyright Limitations and...

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  • Opinion

WIPO Diary SCCR 39 (Day 1): Early Birds and Worms

While the publishing industry was gathered in Frankfurt last week for the most important international book fair in the world, the action was already starting...
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