A2K Comments on the Second Revised Draft Text for the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty (SCCR/43/3)
On June 16, 2023, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) signed onto comments to guide the revision of SCCR/43/3, the Chair’s Second Revised Draft Text for the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty.
View Post View DocumentLCA and COSLA Comment on Nov. 23, ’12 Draft Text of Print Disabilities Treaty/Instrument
On January 28, 2013, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), along with the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), commented on the November 23, 2012, draft text of an international instrument/treaty on limitations and exceptions for visually impaired person or persons with print disabilities. WIPO’s Extraordinary General Assembly, at its meeting in December 2012, authorized an international diplomatic...
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Statement to WIPO Regarding Treaty for Visually Impaired Persons
On July 25, 2012, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to WIPO regarding copyright exceptions and limitations relating to libraries and archives, specifically their opposition to the proposed text for Article D of SCCR/23/7 regarding the provision of aggregated data to rights holders. LCA argues, in part, that the proposed text would “invite publishers to second-guess the procedures of...
View Post View DocumentLCA Releases Statement at WIPO Copyright Session
On July 19, 2012, Lori Driscoll, international copyright advocate and librarian, represented the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) at WIPO’s 24th Copyright and Related Rights Standing Committee session (SCCR) and gave a statement regarding copyright limitations and exceptions for educational institutions. Read ALA blog http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/07/library-copyright-alliance-touts-copyright-exceptions-at-international-assembly/
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Comments to WIPO Concerning Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
On July 9, 2012, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to WIPO regarding copyright exceptions and limitations relating to libraries and archives, and outlining ten specific areas of exception including preservation, library lending, orphan works, and others.
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Comments on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
On February 14, 2012, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to WIPO regarding the draft compilation on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives. The comments focus on the statements attributed to the United States in the “Draft Compilation on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives.”
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Comments on SCCR/23/7
On February 8, 2012, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to WIPO on the working document in an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for person with print disabilities (SCCR/23/7). The comments focused on the provision that most directly affects libraries: the definition of an authorized entity.
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Statement to WIPO in Support of Non-Paper
On June 20, 2011, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement to WIPO in support of the work of the Member States who have met in consultations to create a non-paper acknowledging the importance of an international legal instrument to increase access to information for persons with visual impairment or print disabilities.
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Comments to WIPO on Draft Articles Related to Protecting Traditional Cultural Expressions
On March 21, 2011, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to WIPO in regard to the February 18, 2011, draft articles on protecting traditional cultural expressions (TCEs). Members of LCA believe that the current draft exhibits many of the same problems as earlier drafts, in particular the broad range of expression covered by the draft instrument.
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Comments to WIPO Committee on Protecting Traditional Cultural Expressions
On July 22, 2010, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to WIPO in regard to establishing a WIPO tready to protect traditional cultural expressions (TCEs). Members of LCA believe such a treaty would have a negative impact on the public domain, intellectual freedom, access to information held in library collections, and our ability to meet the educational and research...
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