Day November 20, 2020

A Doha Declaration for COVID-19? Professor Calls for Positive Agenda at WIPO SCCR

[PIJIP] Covid-19 has forced schools and universities around the world to abruptly move online, necessitating the reproduction and sharing of works in the digital environment. Yet many nations' copyright exceptions for education fail to protect user rights online. In his statement before the 40th World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), Professor Sean Flynn proposed a "Doha Declaration for Covid" to "explain and promote the current flexibilities in the international system, and encourage their expansive interpretation to fulfil human rights."