Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright
Copyright reform is under active discussion at the national level in numerous countries. PIJIP is currently working with a global network of IP scholars to produce draft language for a flexible limitation and exception that could be included in national legislation. We expect to offer this language, which may include more than one model provision, to legislators and civil society advocates in countries contemplating copyright reform. Additionally, we aim to develop an online “tool kit” to assist these deliberations.
Our network’s next meeting will be held September 14-15 in Washington D.C., where we hope to come to agreement on draft legislative language, and review of a draft white paper on the Three-Step Test and its relationship to flexible limitations and exceptions. It will further include a discussion of the positive cases where flexible limitations and exceptions are enabling innovation and development.
Blog and News
A User-Unfriendly Draft
Reposted PIJIP Working Paper: Beyond the Unrealistic Solution for Development Provided by the Appendix of the Berne Convention on Copyright
Colombia Rushes Through #Leylleras2 Copyright Reform
TPP’s Effects on the IP Law of Canada and Mexico
RSS Feed for L&E Blogs
Resources
Codes of Best Practices in Fair Use (Project of PIJIP and the AU Center for Social Media)
Webcast: Recent Developments in Fair Dealing in Canada
Resource Library on Limitations and Exceptions: Articles, Legislation, and Litigation
Series of Overviews of Flexibilities in Domestic Copyright Laws