Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

The letter was endorsed by PIJIP and 11 civil society groups, including EFF and the Wikimedia Foundation.

The professors present research findings from PIJIP’s Project on the Right to Research in International Copyright relating to the importance of flexibility in copyright law to permit text and data mining (“TDM”).

Yesterday, PIJIP hosted a panel at the World Trade Organization's Public Forum, which this year is based on the theme “Trade Beyond Covid-19: Building Resilience."

On September 22, PIJIP hosted the panel on Mapping the World of Limitations and Exceptions in Copyright Law. The event was moderated by Andrés Izquierdo, PIJIP's Senior Research Analyst for the Arcadia project on the Right to Research in International Copyright. 

On September 17, PIJIP's Sean Flynn and Michael Palmedo submitted joint comments with six other scholars to the Canadian government consultation on "A Modern Copyright Framework for AI and the Internet of Things."

Prof. Sean Flynn's chapters, written with Loyola University of Chicago Professor Matthew Sag, describe how copyright law and technological protection measures can impact the rights of researchers utilizing text-mining and datamining in their work.

Last month, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held its 41st session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). Members of the Civil Society Coalition on the Right to Research in International Copyright made a series of official statements.

PIJIP Professor Flynn helped draft the copyright section of the letter to wealthy countries that have opposed the waiver at the World Trade Organization.

Professor Flynn's presentation on the second day to the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights on Limitations and Exceptions Agenda Item 

Panelists at the June 9th PIJIP-Wikimedia RightsCon panel discussed the impact of inadequate copyright rules on access to and use of educational materials in digital setting.  They described how new legal instruments at the international level could solve these problems and facilitate access to knowledge.