Strategy Meeting on Global Copyright Policy and Advocacy

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 31, 2016 10:00 AM
Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash participated in the meeting held on December 14, 2015 at National Law School in Delhi.

Earlier this year, the Open Society Foundations convened a two-day meeting on access to knowledge strategy. Copyright emerged as a major issue and many of the attendees focused on a next-generation copyright reform strategy.  The discussion included identifying best user practices, capacity building, WIPO, and risk management.  By the end of the two-days, there was strong support to continue the dialogue with a further one-day meeting at the Global Congress.

Agenda overview and guidelines

The agenda is being designed as a combination of planned sessions and participant-driven discussions, and specific topics will be placed into time slots based on input from the participants. Sessions will be dialog- and outcome-oriented rather than presentations or lecture format.

14 December 2015

The Meeting will take place at:

Room 102

National Law University, Delhi

Sector 14, Dwarka

New Delhi – 110078

9:00 Interactive Plenary

This session will provide a collaborative opportunity for participants to share some of their thoughts on the issues relevant to copyright reform strategies, priorities, and directions.

10:00 Identify opportunities for advocacy

Participants will break out into small groups to discuss opportunities for advocacy both internationally and domestically. Some possibilities include:

  • Limitations and exceptions/user rights
  • Remedies/damages/risk
  • Intermediaries
  • International – WIPO
  • International - trade agreements (TPP, TTIP, CETA, etc.)

 

10.45 Break

11.00 Deeper discussion of identified opportunities

In small groups, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the opportunities which have been identified.  (5 x 30 min = 2.5 hours)

12.30 Lunch Break

13:30 Deeper discussion of identified opportunities, cont.
Small group discussion continues.

15:00 Report back
Each group will have an opportunity to report back.

15:30 Best of the best
In the full group, the participants can discuss the best opportunities, biggest risks, and the best models to follow.

16.30 Closing

This session will invite participants to weigh in on what has been most useful during the course of the day.

17.00 Adjourn

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