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Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, provides a summary of the key outcomes and achievements from the WIPO copyright committee (SCCR/44) meeting held in Geneva from November 6 to 8, 2023. The meeting saw significant progress on public interest issues in three key areas. New proposals were framed on limitations and exceptions (L&Es) from the African Group On L&Es in the draft broadcast treaty, it was decided that more work will be done to strike the right balance between protections for broadcast organizations and access to broadcast content, and on the topic ‘Copyright in the Digital Environment’, a work plan will be presented at the next SCCR. The new proposal by the African Group for Implementation of the Work Program on Exceptions and Limitations (document SCCR/44/6) received a broad welcome from other regional groups. Another proposal made by the United States ‘Updated Version of the Document “Objectives and Principles for Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives”’(document SCCR/44/5) updates an earlier version presented at SCCR in 2013 (the earlier version helped shape discussions on the so-called Chair’s Informal Chart on libraries and archives (document SCCR/34/5)). Read more on https://eifl.net/blogs/broad-cross-regional-support-les-wipo