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WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS (SCCR) DOCUMENTS

  1. Proposals Related to Education
  2. Proposals Related to Libraries, Archives and Museums
  3. Proposals Related to Formal Action Plans

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  1. Academic Articles
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WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS (SCCR) DOCUMENTS

  1. PROPOSALS RELATED TO EDUCATION

    • June 3, 2011. Proposal by the African Group. Draft WIPO Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations for the Persons with Disabilities, Educational and Research Institutions, Libraries and Archives. SCCR/22/12
    • July 16, 2012. Proposal by the Delegations by Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. Limitations and Exceptions Regarding Education. SCCR/24/6
    • July 16, 2012. Proposal by the Delegation of Brazil. Draft Articles and Thematic Clusters on Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright for the Benefit of Educational, Teaching and Research Institutions. SCCR/24/7
    • July 31, 2012. Document prepared by the Secretariat. Provisional Working Document towards an Appropriate International Legal Instrument (in whatever form) on Limitations and Exceptions for Educational, Teaching and Research Institutions and Persons with other Disabilities containing Comments and Textual Suggestions. SCCR/24/8 PROV.
    • April 15, 2013. Document prepared by the Secretariat. Provisional Working Document Towards an Appropriate International Legal Instrument (in Whatever Form) on Limitations and Exceptions for Educational, Teaching and Research Institutions and Persons with other Disabilities Containing Comments and Textual Suggestions. SCCR/26/4 PROV.
    • May 26, 2014. Submitted by the United States of America. Objectives and Principles for Exceptions and Limitations for Educational, Teaching, and Research Institutions. SCCR/27/8
    • November 1, 2016. Document presented by Argentina. Proposal Concerning Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives and Limitations and Exceptions for Educational and Research Institutions and for Persons with other Disabilities. SCCR/33/4
    • May 5, 2017. Prepared by the Chair. Informal chart on limitations and Exceptions for Educational and Research Institutions. SCCR/34/6
    • November 10, 2017. Prepared by the Secretariat. Draft Action Plans on Limitations and Exceptions for the 2018-19 Biennium. SCCR/35/9
    • April 20, 2018. Prepared by the Chair. Draft Action Plans on Limitations and Exceptions Through SCCR/39 (2nd Meeting in 2019). SCCR/36/3
    • June 1, 1018. Adopted by the Committee. Action Plans on Limitations and Exceptions Through SCCR/39 (2nd Meeting in 2019). SCCR/36/7

  2. PROPOSALS RELATED TO LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS

    • June 3, 2011. Proposal by the African Group. Draft WIPO Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations for the Persons with Disabilities, Educational and Research Institutions, Libraries and Archives. SCCR/22/12
    • November 18, 2011. Document presented by Brazil. The Case for a Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives: Background Paper by IFLA, ICA, EIFL and INNOVARTE. SCCR/23/3
    • November 22, 2011. Document presented by the United States of America. Objectives and Principles for Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives. SCCR/23/4
    • November 22, 2011. Document presented by Brazil, Ecuador and Uruguay. Proposal on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries And Archives. SCCR/23/5
    • August 8, 2012. Document adopted by the Committee. Working Document Containing Comments on and Textual Suggestions towards an Appropriate International Legal Instrument (in whatever form) on Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives. SCCR/23/8
    • April 15, 2013. Adopted by the Committee. Working Document Containing Comments on and Textual Suggestions Towards an Appropriate International Legal Instrument (in whatever form) on Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives. SCCR/26/3
    • January 10, 2014. Document presented by the United States of America. Objectives and Principles for Exceptions and Limitations for libraries and Archives. SCCR/26/8
    • December 8, 2014. Prepared by African Group, Brazil, Ecuador, India and Uruguay. Consolidation of Proposed Texts Contained in Document SCCR/26/3. SCCR/29/4
    • November 1, 2016. Document presented by Argentina. Proposal Concerning Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives and Limitations and Exceptions for Educational and Research Institutions and for Persons with other Disabilities. SCCR/33/4
    • May 5, 2017. Prepared by the Chair. Informal Chart on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives. SCCR/34/5

  3. PROPOSALS RELATED TO ACTION PLANS

    • November 10, 2017. Prepared by the Secretariat. Draft Action Plans on Limitations and Exceptions for the 2018-19 Biennium. SCCR/35/9
    • April 20, 2018. Prepared by the Chair. Draft Action Plans on Limitations and Exceptions Through SCCR/39 (2nd Meeting in 2019). SCCR/36/3
    • June 1, 2018. Adopted by the Committee. Action Plans on Limitations and Exceptions Through SCCR/39 (2nd Meeting in 2019). SCCR/36/7

ACADEMIC ARTICLES

Bernt Hugenholtz & Ruth Okediji, Conceiving an International Instrument on Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright: Final Report (2008).

Reto Hilty & Valentina Moscon, Permitted Uses in Copyright Law – Is There Need for an International Instrument?, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 18-14 (2018).

Christophe Geiger et al., Declaration on a Balanced Interpretation of the “Three-Step Test” in Copyright Law, 39 IIC 707 (2008).

Pamela Samuelson & Kathryn Hashimoto, Is the U.S. Fair Use Doctrine Compatible with Berne and TRIPS Obligations?, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper (2018).

Daniel J. Gervais, Making Copyright Whole: A Principled Approach to Copyright Exceptions and Limitations, 5 U. Ottawa L. & Tech. J. 1 (2008).

Pamela Samuelson, Justifications for Copyright Limitations and Exceptions, in Copyright Law in an Age of Limitations and Exceptions (Ruth L. Okediji ed., 2017).

Ruth L. Okediji, Copyright Law in an Age of Limitations and Exceptions (2017).

Margaret Chon, Intellectual Property from Below: Copyright and Capability for Education, 40 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 803, 854 (2007).

Daniel Gervais, Fair Use, Fair Dealing, Fair Principles: Efforts to Conceptualize Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright, 57 J. Copyright Soc’y U.S.A. 499 (2010).

Daniel J. Gervais, (Re)structuring Copyright: A Comprehensive Path to International Copyright Reform (2018).

Christophe Geiger; Daniel Gervais; Martin Senftleben, The Three-Step Test Revisited: How to Use the Test’s Flexibility in National Copyright Law, 29 Am. U. Int’l L. Rev. 581 (2014).

Christophe Geiger, Promoting Creativity through Copyright Limitations: Reflections on the Concept of Exclusivity in Copyright Law, 12 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 515 (2010).

Ann Bartow, Educational Fair Use in Copyright: Reclaiming the Right to Photocopy Freely, 60 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 149, 230 (1998).

Madeleine de Cock Buning et al., Research Exceptions in EU Copyright Law, 20 Eur. Rev. Private L. 933 (2012).

Myra J. Tawfik, The Supreme Court of Canada and the Fair Dealing Trilogy: Elaborating a Doctrine of User Rights under Canadian Copyright Law, 51 Alta. L. Rev. 191 (2013).

Mandefro Eshete & Molla Mengistu, Exceptions and Limitations under the Ethiopian Copyright Regime: An Assessment of the Impact on Expansion of Education, 25 J. Ethiopian L. 159 (2011).

Biruk Haile, Scrutiny of the Ethiopian System of Copyright Limitations in the Light of International Legal Hybrid Resulting from (the Impending) WTO Membership: Three-Step Test in Focus, 25 J. Ethiopian L. 159 (2012).

Muhammad Masum Billah & Saleh Albarashdi, Fair of Free Use of Copyrighted Materials in Education and Research and the Limit of Such Use, 17 Chi.-Kent J. Intell. Prop. 422 (2018).

Niva Elkin-Koren et al., Fair Use Best Practices for Higher Education Institutions: The Israeli Experience, 57 J. Copyright Soc’y U.S.A. 447 (2010).

Lawrence Liang, Exceptions and Limitations in Indian Copyright Law for Education: An Assessment, 3 Law & Dev. Rev. 198 (2010).

Raquel Xalabarder, Copyright and Digital Distance Education: The Use of Pre-Existing Works in Distance Education through the Internet, 26 Colum. J.L. & Arts 101 (2003).

Lea Shaver, The Right to Read, 54 Colum. J. Transnat’l L. 1 (2015).

Lea Shaver, Copyright and Inequality, 92 Wash. U. L. Rev. 117 (2014).

Lea Shaver, The Right to Science and Culture, 2010 Wis. L. Rev. 121 (2010).

Lea Shaver & Caterina Sganga, The Right to Take Part in Cultural Life: On Copyright and Human Rights, 27 Wis. Int’l L.J. 637 (2009).

UNESCO, Human Rights in Education, Science and Culture: Legal Developments and Challenges (Yvonne Donders & Vladimir Volodin eds., 2007).

Ray Patterson, Regents Guide to Understanding Copyright and Educational Fair Use, 5 J. Intell. Prop. L. 243 (1997).

Peter K. Yu, Fair Use and Its Global Paradigm Evolution, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 18-24 (2018).

Peter Jaszi, Fair Use and Education: The Way Forward, 25 Law & Literature 33 (2013).

Pamela Samuelson, Possible Futures of Fair Use, 90 Wash. L. Rev. 815 (2015).

Graeme Dinwoodie, The WIPO Copyright Treaty: A Transition to the Future of International Copyright Lawmaking, 57 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 751 (2007).