There has been a big push for a compromise draft...
There has been a big push for a compromise draft proposal on exceptions and limitations for visually impaired and blind people at the World Intellectual Property Organization meeting in Geneva. India, China, Switzerland, the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Group…
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and, for the first time, Australia clearly supported a full-fledged treaty and asked for conclusion of the preparatory work during the 24th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) that runs through Wednesday. “Further convergence in delegations’ discussions were possible and a balanced and flexible text was within reach,” the European Union said. The U.S. delegation rejected allusions that a linkage could be made between the visually impaired media treaty and the broadcasting treaty. The Brazilian delegate had warned against efforts to link the WIPO efforts on the human rights-oriented print disabilities and the broadcasting treaty. A linkage had led to the failure of earlier SCCR work. “A linkage between the print disabilities effort and an effort for business affairs would be unprincipled, it would be unethical, and the United States will not have any part of it,” the U.S. delegate said.