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WIPO Meetings on Licensing

By Lesley Ellen Harris

On 4 and 5 November 2010, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is hosting meetings on Emerging Licensing Modalities, as part of its initiative on Facilitating Access to Culture in the Digital Age. These are global meetings with speakers and participants from around the world, with representatives of a variety of stakeholders. Many speakers are experts in their fields and countries. Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig will be the keynote speaker. The Themes for the meetings are:

Licensing Content Online: New Trends
Competition and Licensing of Music
Software: Tailoring Licenses to Markets
Research and Education: Emerging Licensing Platforms
Making Orphan Works Available: a Licensing Solution?
Licensing of Information and Content: the Role of Governments
The International Outlook: the Role for WIPO?

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on October 28, 2010 (boomark / email).