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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 December 2020 WIPO’s missed opportunity to produce guidance on copyright exceptions hits education during pandemic
A legal instrument on copyright exceptions for the use of materials for teaching, learning, research, and the work of cultural heritage organisations is still not available. According to Education International, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) missed an opportunity at its recent Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 November 2020 “Copyright limits and learning: lessons from the covid-19 quarantine”, by Carys Craig.
Carys J. Craig
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights meets this week against the backdrop of a global health crisis that has fundamentally changed the way we teach and learn. Now copyright law must catch up.
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Union renewal and development 26 April 2020 World Intellectual Property Day: Open access to research and educational resources is imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
On World Intellectual Property Day, 26 April, Education International calls for copyright legislation to be urgently updated to ensure open access to research and education materials for teachers and researchers across the world. This need has been intensified by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has caused an unprecedented disruption in...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 December 2018 Slow progress on copyright in education and research at the World Intellectual Property Organisation
Advancing an international copyright exception for education and research and involving education unions in related discussions were the key messages imparted by Education International (EI) to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 October 2018 EI endorses Draft Treaty on Copyright Exceptions in Education
At the recent Fifth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, Education International was one of the endorsing parties of a draft global treaty in support of better copyright legislation for education and research.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 June 2018 Education issues high on the WIPO agenda
Through statements in plenary, organising a side event, meeting with delegates and collaborating with other civil society actors, Education International has reaffirmed the importance of advancing on international copyright exceptions at the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 April 2018 Education and copyright. It matters to you!
(YES you can share these images and videos with your students, colleagues and anyone! But that is not always the case.)
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Union renewal and development 21 November 2017 EI advocates for affordable access to educational materials
Education International (EI) has brought the voice of educators to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), with a strong call for wider access and exceptions with regards to copyright in education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 June 2017 Copyright and education at WIPO
Teresa Nobre
The World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) is currently engaged in discussing, at an international level, limitations and exceptions to copyright, including for educational purposes.
Copyright and education at WIPO