[bestbits] Re: [governance] EU rejects international solution to library and archive copyright problems; causes collapse of WIPO meeting

[Deborah Brown]

Dear Stuart, all,

Thanks very much for this update and very sorry to hear this news.

Just to add to Anriette's last point about the HRC, the UN Special
Rapporteur on Cultural Rights has identified "the impact of intellectual
property regimes on the enjoyment of right to science and culture" as her
issue of focus this year. She is conducting a public consultation in June,
more info here<http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/CulturalRights/Pages/impactofintellectualproperty.aspx>and
attached.

All the best,
Deborah


On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>wrote:

>  Dear Stuart
>
> I am so sorry to hear this. I know how hard many of you have been working
> in WIPO to find solutions to the many ways in which trends in copyright
> enforcement is limiting access to knowledge in general, and the role of
> libraries in providing information in particular.
>
> If there is anything we can do to help let us know. For now I propose you
> try and introduce this into the discussion at CSTD. Also push this concern
> in the post-2015 development agenda, as you have already started to do, and
> raise it in the IGF.
>
> APC is also exploring ways in which we can take this issue to the Human
> Rights Council.
>
> Anriette
>
>
>
>  On 08/05/2014 12:46, Stuart Hamilton wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> I thought you might be interested in some of the problems libraries and archives experienced at the World Intellectual Property Organisation last week regarding access to digital content. It was quite a scene.
> http://www.ifla.org/node/8600
>
> Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
>
> Another document was also introduced by the US at this meeting which talks about how licensing is a principle of access to educational resources. For those of us who work in education/academia, I would suggest that there is a fair bit to worry about in this document. I'd be happy to share it as soon as I get an electronic copy.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Stuart
>
>
> Stuart Hamilton
> Director of Policy and Advocacy
> International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
> P.O. Box 95312
> 2509 CH The Hague
> Netherlands
>
> 00 31 70 314 0884
>
> Twitter: @ifladpa
>
>
>
>
>
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