The Conference concluded the fact-finding and information gathering phase foreseen in the limitations and exceptions Action Plans and provided an opportunity to address on a global scale some of the issues identified during the three regional seminars on limitations and exceptions held in Singapore, Nairobi and Santo Domingo.
Overview of the regional seminars held in Singapore, Nairobi and Santo Domingo
Highlights from chairs and rapporteurs of the regional seminar working groups
Regan Asgarali Controller, Intellectual Property Office, Port of Spain
Repeta Puna Director of Governance, Ministry of Cultural Development, Rarotonga
Dora Makwinja Salamba Executive Director of Copyright Society, Lilongwe
Highlights from experts
Yaniv Benhamou Lecturer, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Kenneth Crews Attorney, Gipson Hoffman and Pancione, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Daniel Seng (pre-recorded video) Director, LLM Programme in IP and Technology Law, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore
David Sutton (pre-recorded video) Lead Researcher, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Raquel Xalabarder Dean, Chair of Intellectual Property, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Joseph Fometeu Head, Department Theory of Law and Epistemology, Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences, N'Gaoundéré, Cameroon
Panel on archives
The panelists addressed various questions regarding preservation, access, copies, cross-border and other uses, including commercial use, in the context of archives, such as:
Under what conditions can archives reproduce archival material to make copies for preservation or replacement purposes [conditions could include works at risk, fragile works, rare works, works in obsolete formats, etc.]? Are the copies mostly in analogue format or digital format?
Do archives make digitized archival material accessible to visitors on terminals onsite, as well as offsite?
How do archives treat requirements/requests of other institutions outside the country’s jurisdiction?
Contributions from regional seminars
Mr. Meesaq Arif, Executive Director, Intellectual Property Office, Islamabad
Guy Berthiaume Former Head, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa
Liliane de Carvalho Legal Advisor, Editions Madrigall, Paris
Kai Ekholm Former Director, National Library of Finland, Helsinki
Dick Kawooya Assistant Director, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
Rebecca Giblin ARC Future Fellow, CREATe Fellow, Melbourne, Australia
Melissa Smith Levine Director, Copyright Office, Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States of Americ
Carol Newman General Manager, Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency, Kingston
Luka Novak Writer, Ljubljana
Jerker Ryden Senior Legal Advisor, National Library of Sweden, Stockholm
Ran Tryggvadottir Project Manager for Copyright, Ministry of Education and Culture, Reykjavík
Panel on educational and research institutions
The panelists addressed questions regarding access, copies and cross-border in the context of educational and research institutions, such as:
Can teachers and researchers make copies of works for teaching and research? If yes, is this activity subject to remuneration?
Does the legal framework in your country allow for the cross-border access to works on online learning platforms? If yes, under which conditions?
Do educational institutions in your country receive requests for access to works across borders?
Ms. Rashidah Ridha Sheikh Khalid, Director of Copyright Office, Kuala Lumpur
Mr. Gustavo Juan Schötz, Director Copyright Office, Buenos Aires
Panelists
Flavia Alves Bravin Director for Higher Education Solutions and Publishing, Somos Educaçao, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Ana Maria Cabanellas Publisher, Heliasta Publishing Company, Buenos Aires
Michael W. Carroll Professor of Law and Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
Richard Crabbe International Textbook Publishing Consultant, Accra
Dante Cid Vice President for Institutional Relations in Latin America, Elsevier, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Mary Anne Ferry-Fall Director General, Society of Authors in Graphic and Plastic Arts (ADAGP), Paris
Stephanie Foster Chief Intellectual Property Officer and Associate General Counsel, Pearson, London
Michael Healy Executive Director, International Relations, Copyright
Robert Jeyakumar Assistant Secretary General, Malaysian Academic Movement (MOVE), Melaka, Malaysia
Caroline Ncube Professor of Law, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Arnaud Robert Vice-President, Legal and Public Affairs, Hachette Livre, Paris
Monica Torres Education and Research Licensing Consultant, Madrid
Ben White Researcher, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management, Bournemouth University, Dorset, United Kingdom
The way forward and SCCR considerations
Speakers
Walid Abou Farhat, Advisor, Ministry of Culture, Beirut
Carden Conliffe Clarke, Deputy Registrar, IP and Commerce, Antigua and Barbuda
Aziz Dieng, First Technical Advisor, Ministry of Culture and Communication, Dakar
Jukka Liedes, Special Advisor to the Government of Finland, Helsinki
Ros Lynch, Copyright and IP Enforcement Director, United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, South Wales, United Kingdom
Hu Ping, Director, Copyright Department, National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC), Beijing
Carolina Romero, Director General, Copyright Office, Bogota
Trajano Santana, Director General, National Copyright Office, Santo Domingo
Michael Shapiro, Senior Counsel, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia
Edward Sigei, Executive Director, Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO), Nairobi
