Global Network on Copyright User Rights
Research
Model Flexible Use Clause and Supporting Documents
- Model Flexible Use Clause, v.1.0
- Masterlist: Limitations and Exceptions Provisions in National Laws
- Appendix I: Presumptively Lawful Purposes (Survey of Specific L&Es)
- Appendix II: Examples of Flexible Limitations and Exceptions from Existing and Proposed Laws
- Appendix III: Responding to Frequently Asked Questions About Flexible Use Provisions
Publications by Network Experts
- Profs. Jaszi and Flynn. Copyright Legal and Practical Reform for the South African film Industry
- Profs. Geiger, Gervais, and Senftleben. The Three-Step-Test Revisited: How to Use the Test’s Flexibility in National Copyright Law.
- Prof. Nair. Canada and Israel – Cultivating Fairness of Use.
- Prof. Xue. Reverse Engineering 2nd Draft for 3rd Revision of the Chinese Copyright Law.
Technical Assistance
Letters and Submissions, re: Changes to Copyright Law
- Global Expert Network Submission to South African Parliament re: Copyright Amendment Act 2017
- Letter to Colombian Government re: Proyecto de Ley “Por la cual se modifica la Ley 23 de 1982 y se adiciona la legislación nacional en materia de derecho de autor y derechos conexos”
- Submission to Australian Productivity Commission in response to PWC Report on Costs and Benefits of Fair Use, Apr 2016
- Submission to New Zealand Government on the Implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Intellectual Property Chapter, Apr 2016
- Letter to the Senate Education and Culture Committee of the Uruguayan Parliament, re: BIT Provisions. Mar 2016
- Legal Academics’ Letter to South Africa re: Copyright Reform, Mar 2015
- Letter to Colombian Leaders on Copyright Legislation, Jul 2013.
- Profs. Sag, Hinze, and Jaszi Submission to ALRC, July 2013
- Global Congress Declaration on Fundamental Principles for International IP Negotiations, Dec 2013
- Statement on US Proposal for TPP Limitations & Exceptions Clause, Aug 2012
- Washington Declaration on IP and the Public Interest, Sep 2011
Copyright User Rights Policy Workshops
Further Resources/Analysis
- Review of TPM provisions most protective of user rights
- Global Fair Use and Fair Dealing Decisions
- Fair use and the U.S. Library Experience
- Korean Fair Use and the Three Step Test
- Public Statement on the U.S. Proposal for a Limitations and Exceptions Clause in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright in Israel
- Canada and Israel – Cultivating Fairness of Us
Join or Contact the Network
The Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights was formed in 2011 by a group of leading copyright academics from around the world. The objective of the Network was originally framed in the Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, which called for “discussion of employing ‘open-ended’ limitations in national copyright legislation, in addition to specific exceptions.”
The work of the Network focuses on the publication of research and provision of technical assistance to explain how adopting more open, flexible and general user rights – both by adopting fair use-like open, flexible, general provisions, and by increasing the openness and flexibility of specific (non-general) exceptions – can promote social and economic interests.
- Research. The project has produced multiple resources collecting and analyzing user rights in copyright law around the world. Our current research focuses on the creation of a database of increases in the openness, flexibility and generality of user rights over time in order to facilitate analysis of the impact of such changes on social and economic ends.
- Technical Assistance. The project organizes submissions in public forums and hosts workshops for policy makers and stakeholders in copyright reform processes around the world.
JOIN OR CONTACT THE GLOBAL EXPERT NETWORK ON COPYRIGHT USERS’ RIGHTS
The Users’s Rights Network will continue to provide guidance and information to advocates and government officials in countries undergoing copyright reform.
JOIN: If you are a copyright expert or advocate interested in being part of the network, please fill out this very short form.
CONTACT: If you are an advocate or government official interested in receiving technical assistance form the network, email your inquiries to pijip@wcl.american.edu
GLOBAL EXPERT NETWORK ON COPYRIGHT USERS’ RIGHTS FOUNDING MEMBERS:
- Ahmed Abdel Latif
- Lila Bailey
- Denis Barbosa
- Lionel Bentley
- Michael Birnhack
- Carolyn Botero
- Ellen Broad
- Robert Burrell
- Michael Carroll
- Alberto Cerda
- Ronan Deazley
- Niva Elkin
- SeanFlynn
- Christophe Geiger
- Michael Geist
- Daniel Gervais
- Rebecca Giblin
- Lucie Guibault
- Gwen Hinze
- Bernt Hugenholtz
- Meredith Jacob
- Peter Jaszi
- Ariel Katz
- Dick Kawooya
- Howard Knopf
- Kaya Koeklue
- Oliver Metzger
- Pedro Mizukami
- Caroline Ncube
- Sylvie Nerisson
- Pedro Paranagua
- Pranesh Prakash
- Alan Rocha de Souza
- Henning Ruse-Khan
- Matt Sag
- Pam Samuelson
- Martin Senftleben
- Jennifer Urban
- Steph Von Gompel
- Fred Von Lohmann
- Kimberlee Weatherall
- Hong Xue
- Peter Yu
