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High Expectations This Week For Progress On Exceptions And Limitations At WIPO

By Intellectual Property Watch

Limitations and exceptions are once again a major topic at the UN intellectual property organisation?s meeting on copyrights and related rights. Delegations this week are discussing several draft proposals to improve access, in particular for visually impaired people, each with their own set of recommendation. With a fourth and new proposal from the African countries on the table, delegates are meeting to try to find common ground, raising the expectations of civil society.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).