Day February 7, 2020

Policy Incoherence for Stagnation: How Richer Countries’ Position at WIPO Contradicts their Commitments to the Rest of the World

[International Federation of Library Associations] ... The European External Action Service runs many projects on education, culture and research. Yet in its position at WIPO, it works against these goals. For a start, blocking progress towards an international instrument removes a key impetus to carry out reforms that would allow key actors in culture, education and research to do their jobs in a digital age.