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TERA Presentation at SCCR 37 Workshop on “Toward Action With Respect to the Limitations and Exceptions Regime”

Jon Band and I were asked by the education and research beneficiary groups to work with them to draft model instruments that would reflect the work of the SCCR thus far and contribute to the development of an international instrument on education and research exceptions to copyright. The result of this project is the Civil Society Proposed Treaty on Educational
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Statement of the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights at WIPO 37th SCCR

Mr Chairman, I speak here on behalf of PIJIP’s role as the coordinator of the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights – an international coalition of academics and researchers. We urge the Committee to use this session to add content to the agenda for regional seminars.
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Communia Endorses Treaty on Education and Research, And Asks Others to Follow Suit

[Teresa Nobre] Communia has endorsed the Civil Society Proposed Treaty on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations on Education and Research Activities (TERA), and asks others to follow suit, ahead of the 37th session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). SCCR/37 will take place from 26 – 30 November in Geneva, and civil society advocates will propose that
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Why ‘Fair Use’ Is So Important for South African Copyright Law

“Fair use” is a doctrin adopted by some countries that permits the use of copyright material like books, journals, music and art work – without requiring permission from the copyright holder. It provides a balance between the just demands of rights-holders and the need for people to use copyright material for education, research, in libraries and archives.
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Climate litigation heats up globally

“Climate litigation has been on the rise in the United States, the European Union, and Australia versus both governments, and fossil fuel companies. The results, though, have been mixed,” Professor Rimmer said.
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Facilitating Wider Access to Europe’s Cultural Heritage in the Digital Environment: Opinion of the CEIPI on the European Commission’s Copyright Reform Proposal, with a Focus on Access to Out-of-Commerce Works

[Christophe Geiger, Giancarlo Frosio and Oleksandr Bulayenko] The Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market aims at facilitating wider access to Europe’s cultural heritage through the introduction of inter alia a mechanism enabling the use of out-of-commerce works by cultural heritage institutions in the digital environment. After examining the key elements of this mechanism, this Opinion
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