Teresa Nobre

Teresa Nobre

  • Joined: May 25, 2022
  • Articles: 3

Finally, Something to Look Forward to at WIPO

[Teresa Nobre] As the summer approaches, we are taking stock of the latest developments in copyright policy debates. The scene-stealer “Generative AI” is prompting a copyright comeback in the EU bubble, forcing everyone to take a position (including us). Yet the conversations that deserve the attention of copyright experts in the months to come are not limited to ChatGPT and its peers, or even to Brussels for that matter. Just when our hopes were fading, international copyright policy-making is back in action in Geneva, and the next chapter of the discussions looks promising!

Nobody Puts Research In a Cage: Researchers’ Perspectives on Working With Copyright

[Teresa Nobre, Maria Drabczyk, Eric Luth, Deborah De Angelis, and Maja Bogataj] Introduction: Access to Knowledge is key to the fundamental Right to Research. Resources used in the context of scientific research are often protected by copyright and related rights, and right holders can prohibit their use for research purposes. Researchers rely on copyright exceptions and limitations to access, use and reuse protected data sources in scientific projects. A fair and modern copyright framework is therefore essential to create an enabling environment for scientific research.

Education and Copyright: Obstacles to Teaching in the Digital Age

[Terea Nobre] Access to knowledge is an important aspect of the right to education. In order to respond to the needs in the classroom, teachers often complement traditional teaching resources (e.g., textbooks and other curated materials) with a wide spectrum of materials from a variety of sources (e.g., short videos, images, articles). These are often protected by copyright and related rights. Recognising the essential public mission of education as well as the right of teachers to choose and adapt teaching materials without having to ask permission from the copyright owner, governments are putting in place so-called copyright exceptions and limitations for education. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic and the massive shift to remote education during school closures has highlighted, more than ever before, that those exceptions and limitations are not always fit for teaching in the digital age.