Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

PIJIP has been collecting first-hand accounts of last month's meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) by a civil society coalition on Access to Knowledge. Our Right to Research in International Copyright project works closely with these groups and experts to advance discussions of copyright user rights at the SCCR. 

In the interview, he explains the meaning of  “information justice,” the restrictions that continue to constrain research and education – even in today’s digital age – and how global IP laws impact access to the Covid vaccine.

The "Copyright Clause Restoration Act" would limit copyright terms to 56 years, and apply the shorter term retroactively to works owned by large corporations.

Flynn's statement included sections on 1. PIJIP's new study on research exceptions in comparative copyright, 2. limitations and exceptions in WIPO's proposed broadcast treaty, and 3. a new African Proposal for a Work Plan on limitations and exceptions.

This week PIJIP Director Sean Flynn and Senior Research Analyst Andrés Izquierdo are in Geneva for the World Intellectual Property Organization's 42nd Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.

Proving Ground tells the story of six women hired by the army to program “the world’s first all-electronic, programmable, general-purpose computer,” known as the ENIAC, to calculate missile trajectories during World War II.