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CIS's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind
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Pranesh Prakash
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Jun 28, 2013
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Jul 03, 2013 12:01 PM
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Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Featured,
WIPO
Pranesh Prakash read out an abridged version of this statement as his closing remarks in Marrakesh, where the WIPO Treaty for the Blind (the "Marrakesh Treaty") has been successfully concluded. The Marrakesh Treaty aims to facilitate access to published works by blind persons, persons with visual impairment, and other print disabled persons, by requiring mandatory exceptions in copyright law to enable conversions of books into accessible formats, and by enabling cross-border transfer of accessible format books.
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CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on Exceptions & Limitations for Libraries and Archives
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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Jul 25, 2012
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Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Fair Dealings,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Archives,
WIPO
This was the statement delivered by Pranesh Prakash on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at the 24th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights on the issue of exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives.
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CIS-TWN Analysis of WIPO Treaty for the Print Disabled (SCCR/22/15)
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Pranesh Prakash
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Oct 04, 2011
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Oct 12, 2011 08:29 AM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
CIS and the Third World Network (TWN) conducted a quick analysis of the "Consensus document on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities presented by Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States of America" presented as WIPO document numbered SCCR/22/15.
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Comment by CIS at ACE on Presentation on French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting
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Pranesh Prakash
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Dec 01, 2011
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Dec 01, 2011 11:59 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Piracy,
Censorship,
WIPO
The seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement is being held in Geneva on November 30 and December 1, 2011. Pranesh Prakash responded to a presentation by Prof. Pierre Sirinelli of the École de droit de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 on 'The French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting of December 16, 2009' with this comment.
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Comments on the Broadcast Treaty and Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives
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by
Smitha Krishna Prasad
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Nov 29, 2012
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last modified
Dec 04, 2012 11:11 PM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
This November at WIPO the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was witness to a tough negotiation on the proposed Treaty providing access to copyrighted materials to visually impaired persons. In between these discussions, the SCCR also found time to have two short plenary sessions on the proposed broadcast treaty as well as working documents on exceptions for libraries and archives.
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Comments on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: Technical Background Paper Prepared by the WIPO Secretariat
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari and Amulya Purushothama
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Jun 28, 2015
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Sep 03, 2015 01:47 AM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
Technical Background Paper prepared by the WIPO Secretariat in relation to the Broadcast Treaty (“Technical Background Paper) provides information on new and emerging technologies and on legal developments in the broadcasting sector. This Technical Background Paper will be discussed at the upcoming 30th session of the SCCR in Geneva on 29th June- 3rd July 2015. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India had called for comments on the same. This is a submission made by Nehaa Chaudhari and Amulya Purushothama on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society in this regard.
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Comments to the MHRD on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2013)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 23, 2013
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Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
The Centre for Internet and Society would like to make the following comments on the draft legal text of SCCR/24/10 (Working Document for a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations) at the stakeholders meeting to be held on March 21, 2013.
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Disability groups in India welcome progress on treaty for blind persons
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 21, 2012
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last modified
Dec 31, 2012 01:40 AM
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Accessibility,
WIPO
Four years of struggle for a global treaty for the benefit of blind persons is finally bearing fruit. Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation have agreed to conclude a treaty for visually-impaired and print disabled persons by June 2013.
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EU stalls treaty talks to allow copyright waiver for print disabilities
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Jul 25, 2012
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Jul 25, 2012 09:37 AM
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India and other developing countries support such a legally binding treaty, writes Priscilla Jebaraj in an article published in the Hindu on July 25, 2012. Pranesh Prakash is quoted.
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France, Greece, India and the European Union Sign the Marrakesh Treaty
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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May 02, 2014
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May 02, 2014 11:23 PM
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Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
On April 30, 2014, on Day 3 of the 27th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, a Signing Ceremony was conducted for member states wishing to sign the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to books and other reading material for the print disabled.
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