Geneva, April 18, 2005
PROGRAM
| 9.00 9.15 | Welcome and opening of seminar |
| Mrs. Rita Hayes, Deputy Director General, Copyright and Related Rights and Industry Relations Sector, WIPO | |
| 9.15 10.15 | Copyright liability of Internet intermediaries |
| Dr. Charlotte Waelde, Co-Director, AHRB Research Centre in Intellectual Property and Technology, and Lecturer, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh. Ms. Lilian Edwards, Co-Director, AHRB Research Centre in Intellectual Property and Technology, Faculty of Law, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh. (Presentation in PPT Format, Word Format) |
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| 10.15 - 11.00 | Regulatory perspectives on intermediary liability |
| Mr. Jule Sigall, Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs, US Copyright Office, Washington D.C. (Presentation in Word Format) |
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| Ms. Tereza Struncova, Legal Officer, DG Internal Market and Services, Unit E2 , European Commission, Brussels (Presentation in Word Format) |
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| 11.00 11.15 | Coffee Break |
| 11.15 12.00 | Notice-and-takedown procedures: A workable solution? |
| Mr. Hugh Jones, Copyright Counsel, UK Publishers Association, London (Presentation in Word Format) |
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| Mr. Cory Doctorow, European Affairs Coordinator, Electronic Frontier Foundation, London (Presentation in PDF Format) |
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| 12.00 14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00 14.45 | Peer-to-peer (P2P) services: the case of online music |
| Mr. Barney Wragg, Vice President, eLabs, Universal Music International, London (Presentation in PDF Format) |
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| Mr. Christiaan A. Alberdingk Thijm, SOLV Advocaten, Amsterdam (Presentation in PDF Format) |
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| Ms. Sarah Deutsch, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Verizon Communications, Arlington (Presentation in Word Format) |
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| 14.45 15.15 | Case study: emerging copyright policy for an Internet intermediary |
| Mr. Jyrki Nikula, European Intellectual Property Counsel, eBay, Inc., Bern (Presentation in Word Format) |
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| 15.15 15.30 | Moderated Discussion |
| WIPO Representative | |
| 15.30 15.45 | Coffee Break |
| 15.45 17.00 | Round table discussion: Ways forward - is there a need for action at the international level? |
| WIPO representative, with Member State delegates, speakers, etc. | |
| 17.00 | Closing of seminar |