CWCW Multilateral Agencies

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (INFLA) - All
Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, 2595 BE, The Hague, Netherlands
Postal Address: P.O. Box 95312, 2509 CH The Hague, Netherlands
Phone: +31 70 3140884 Fax +31 70 3834827
Email: IFLA@ifla.org
http://www.ifla.org

1. INFORMATION POLICY: Copyright and Intellectual Property
http://www.ifla.org/II/cpyright.htm

2. 62nd IFLA General Conference - Conference Proceedings - 96/08/25-31

(a) Paper Presented by Director General Helge M. Sønneland,
Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla62/62-sonh.htm
(b) Copyright in the United States: Current Developments & Initiatives
     by Mary E. Jackson
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla62/62-jacm.htm
(c) European Copyright User Platform
     by Emanuella Giavarra, Project Director
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla62/62-giae.htm
(d) Copyright, Libraries, and the Electronic Information Environment: Discussions and Developments in the United States
     by Duane E Webster
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla62/62-webd.htm
(e) Electronic Copyright Management Systems: Dream, Nightmare or Reality?
     by Graham P Cornish
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla62/62-corg.htm
(f) Copyright Legislation, Fair Use and the Efficient Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge
     by Ole Bronmo
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla62/62-broo.htm

3. 63rd IFLA General Conference 97/08/31-09/05

(a) Internet and Copyright Regarding Pictorial Art
     by Margrethe Tøttrup
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla63/63totm.htm
(b) The Parliament’s need for free access to information: possible barriers and practical solutions
     by Rob Brian
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla63/63brir.htm
(c) At What Cost? Access to Digitised Journal Articles
     by Hazel Woodward
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla63/63wooh.htm

4. 64th IFLA General Conference 98/08/16-21

(a) Rights v. Rights - when copying is not copying: How copyright impinges on digital media and visually impaired readers
     by David Mann, 1998
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/049-124e.htm
(b) Library-Publisher Relations in the Next Millennium: The Library Perspective
     by Dr. Marianne Scott
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/ms90-3-e.htm
(c) Publisher/Library Relationship in the Digital Environment
     by Dietrich Götze
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/159-90e.htm

5. 66th IFLA Council and General Conference 00/08

(a) Licensing and public libraries
by Tuula Haavisto
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/041-126e.htm

6. Copyright & Legal Matters Committee

(a) Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM)
Founding Resolution 97/09/05
http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/copyr.htm
(b) Minutes of The Copyright and Legal Matters Meeting at IFLA, Amsterdam, 98/08/16
http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/p1/min1698.htm
(c) Report from the Chair on Amsterdam Meetings, 98/08
http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/p1/repchair.htm
(d) Report from the WIPO Conference on Electronic Copyright Management Systems (ECMS), 98/12/14-15
(e) Report from the WIPO Conference on Private International Law Aspect for the Protections of Works and Objects of Related Rights Transmitted through Global Digital Networks, 98/12/16-18
by Ingrid Mauritzen
http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/p1/wipoecms.htm
(d) Report from the CLM Meetings held during the 1999 IFLA General Conference in Bangkok
http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/p1/bangk99.htm

7. IFLA Journal Volume 23, No. 4, 1997 (scroll down)

Copyright
    by Graham P. Cornish.
Ethics and Copyright: A Developing Country Perspective
    by Sayed Salim Agha.
Copyright in Mexico: An Overview
    by Jesús García.
Libraries and Publishers in the Digital Environment
    by Seiji Sato.
Availability and Copyright
    by Jon Bing.
Royalties and Payments: Why Pay for Copyright? What Are Words Worth?
    by Jane English and Kirti Jacobs.
Copyright, Library Provision and the Visually Handicapped Reader
    by Richard N. Tucker.
Copyright, Libraries and the Electronic Information Environment: Discussions and Developments in the United States
    by Duane E. Webster.
Electronic Copyright Management Systems: Dream, Nightmare or Reality?
    by Graham P. Cornish.
European Copyright User Platform
    by Emanuella Giavarra.
Copyright Legislation, Fair Use and the Efficient Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge
    by Ole Bronmo.
Copyright and Fair Use in the Electronic Information Age
    by Sandy Norman.
PLR in a Copyright Context
    by James Parker.
http://www.ifla.org/V/iflaj/ilj2304.htm

8. Intellectual Properties Issues
by Ann Okerson
http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/okerson.htm

9. Educators' Attitudes and Related Copyright Issues in Education: A Review of Selected Research 1980-1992
by Mark E. Chase
http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/cham.txt

10. Legally Speaking: The NII Intellectual Property Report
by Pamela Samuelson, 1994
http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/samp1.htm

11. Copyright Impediments to the Preservation of Australia's Documentary Heritage
by Katy Bellingham, 1995
http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/kbell1.htm

12. Computers and Copyrights: Bibliography
by Carolyn Kotlas 96/12/03

Copyrights in the Academic Environment
Software and Copyright
Copyright and New Media Technologies
Copyright and Networked Technologies
Online Copyright Discussion and News Groups
General Guides to Copyright
U. S. Copyright Office

http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/irg-04.htm

13. The Copyright Grab
by Pamela Samuelson, 1995
http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/samp3.htm

(14) Soliciting From a Spectrum of Sources
by Fran Smallson
http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/smaf1.htm

(c) IFRRO

International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) - Literary Arts
Rue du Prince Royal 87, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 551 08 99 Fax: +32 2 551 08 95
e-mail: ifrro@skynet.be
http://www.ifrro.org/

1. Reprography in Copyright Legislation
http://www.ifrro.org/laws/index.html

2. IFRRO Position Papers

(a) IFRRO submission on proposed amendments to Australian Copyright Act - Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Bill 1999, 99/10/28
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/aus-act2.html
(b) IFRRO Policy Statement on Reprographic Reproduction of Musical Works (Adopted at the AGM, 99/10)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/music_state.html
(c) IFRRO Position Paper on Issues of Territoriality for Digital Rights Management by RROs (Adopted at the AGM, 99/10)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/territoriality.html
(d) Resolution on the Czech Republic (Adopted at the AGM, 99/10)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/resolu_czech.html
(e) Irish Copyright Licensing Agency Resolution (Adopted at the AGM, 99/10)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/resolu_icla.html
(f) Resolution on Italian Bill 4953-bis (Adopted at the AGM, 99/10)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/resolu_italy.html
(g) Resolution on Thailand (Adopted at the AGM, 99/10)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/resolu_thailand.html
(h) IFRRO European Group comment on European Parliament and Council Directive on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society COM (97)628 - Amended proposal of 99/5/21, 99/09/14
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/eu97628.html
(i) IFRRO submission on proposed amendments to Australian Copyright Act - Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Bill 1999 - Exposure Draft, 99/04/26
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/aus-act.html
(j) IFRRO European Group comment on EU Green Paper on combating counterfeiting and pircay in the single market, 99/02/28
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/eupiracy.html
(k) IFRRO European Group comment on Draft Opinion from the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights on European Parliament and Council Directive on the harmonization of certain aspects of Copyright and related rights in the Information Society COM (97)628, 98/10/14
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/barzanti.html
(l) IFRRO European Group comment on Draft Opinion from the Economic and Social Committee on European Parliament and Council Directive on the harmonization of certain aspects of Copyright and related rights in the Information Society COM (97)628, 98/09/07
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/euecosoc.html
(m) IFRRO European Group comment on Draft Opinion from the Committee on the Environment, Public Health And Consumer Affairs on European Parliament and Council Directive on the harmonization of certain aspects of Copyright and related rights in the Information Society COM (97)628, 98/08/31
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/euephcp.html
(n) IFRRO European Group comment on the Draft Opinion from the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media (Rule 147) on European Parliament and Council Directive on the harmonization of certain aspects of Copyright and related rights in the Information Society COM (97)628, 98/07/17
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/eucyem.html
(o) IFRRO European Group comment on Draft report of Economic and Monetary Committee (EMAC) on proposed directive on copyright and related rights, 98/07/14
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/euemac.html
(p) Submission from IFRRO European Group on the EU Parliament and Council Directive on the Harmonization of certain aspects of Copyright and related rights in the Information Society COM (97)628. 98/04 14
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/eudir1.html
(q) Submission from IFRRO European Group on the EU Green Paper on Regulatory Implications, 98/03/25
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/eugreen.html
(r) IFRRO European Group opposes proposal to include intellectual property in the scope of the implementation of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment
Letter to the European Commission 98/02/13
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/mai.html
(s) Collective Management of Digital Rights, 96/10
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/pp-digi.html

3. Joint Statements

(a) IFRRO - International Group of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) (Adopted 1998)
Joint Statement on The Digitisation on Printed STM Materials
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/stmjoint2.html
(b) IFRRO - Authors Coalition (AC) (Adopted 1994)
Joint Statement on Electronic Use of Copyright Works
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/acjoint.html
(c) IFRRO - International Group of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) (Adopted 1992)
Joint Statement on Electronic Storage of STM Material
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/stmjoint.html

4. Bilateral Agreements

Principles for Bilateral Agreements (Adopted 1992)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/mod-prin.html
Model Bilateral Agreement
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/mod-a.html
     Type A Schedules
      http://www.ifrro.org/papers/mod-a-sc.html
Model Bilateral Agreement
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/mod-b.html
     Type B (Repertoire Exchange) Schedules
      http://www.ifrro.org/papers/mod-a-sc.html

5. IFRRO General and Detailed Papers

(a) Collective Administration (1997)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/collect_adm.html
(b) Reprographic Reproduction (1997)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/repro_rep.html
(c) RROs and IFRRO (1997)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/rro_ifrro.html
(d) Emergent RROs (1997)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/emergent_rro.html
(e) Distribution of Remuneration (1998)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/distrib.html
(f) Different Models of RRO Operation in Practice (1997)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/operat.html
Table summarising the 1995-96 collections
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/opertab.html
(g) Table summarising the RRO Domestic Reprographic Collections 1997-98 & 1998-99 (1999)
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/collect97-99.html

6. Surveys and Reports

The Second NTC Digital Survey, October 1999

Introduction to the survey
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/surveyintro.html
The questionnaire
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/survey.html
Results/Data analysis of the survey
http://www.ifrro.org/papers/surveyresults.html

(d) INTERPOL

International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) - All
Quai Charles de Gaulle, 69006 Lyon, France
Telephone: (33) 4 72 44 70 00
Fax: (33) 4 72 44 71 63
http://193.123.144.14/interpol-pr/

1. The scope of the counterfeiting problem (scroll down)
by Peter Lowe
http://193.123.144.14/interpol-pr/index2.htm

(e) ISOC

Internet Society (ISOC) - Software
11150 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 100, Reston, VA 20190-532, USA
Phone: +703 326 9880 Fax: +703 326 9881
Email: isoc@isoc.org
http://www.isoc.org/

1. Copyright Information Management: Design and Implementation of a New Protocol Architecture
by Yoko Murakami, Keiko Okawa & Jun Murai, 1999

Introduction
Fundamental design
Design of copyright information description language (CIDL)
Design of Copyright Transfer Protocol (CTP)
Prototype design and implementation
Evaluation
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
http://www.isoc.org/inet99/proceedings/3e/3e_1.htm

2. Indirect Liability on the Internet and the Loss of Control
by Curtis E. A. Karnow, 1999
http://www.isoc.org/inet99/proceedings/3e/3e_2.htm

3. Intellectual Property and Copyright: How Do We Manage These Issues in an International Electronic Environment and Protect Education Interests?
by Janis H. Bruwelheide, 1998

Overview
Faculty and institutional concerns
Student and learner support issues and concerns
Closing statement
References
Resource list
Print materials by the author
World Wide Web source list
Sample intellectual property policies in the United States
Library issues
International intellectual property sources
http://www.isoc.org/inet98/proceedings/4f/4f_1.htm

4. Results of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions
by Kurt Kemper, 1997

Introduction
Protection by copyright and the free flow of information
The major achievement: full provision of the rights to control digital network dissemination
The reproduction right and digital technology
Exclusive rights of copyright holders and limitations and exceptions from those rights in the digital environment
Service providers and other participants in the Internet and their liability for copyright infringement
Technological measures of protection and rights management information
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/whatis/conferences/inet/97/proceedings/B3/B3_3.HTM

5. Copyright: Internet Service Provider Rights and Responsibilities
by William Foster, 1997

Introduction
Berne Convention
Digitalization
Europe and authors' rights
United States
Chairman Liedes's draft
Ad Hoc Copyright Coalition
Article 7
Article 10
Debate and action
Agreed-upon statement in place of Article 7
Agreed-upon statement in regard to Article 10
Conclusion
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/whatis/conferences/inet/97/proceedings/B1/B1_2.HTM

6. Capability-Based Usage Control Scheme for Network-Transferred Objects
by Shuichi Tashiro, 1997

Introduction
Concept of the capability-based resource management (CBR) system
Software usage control using CBR
System components and processing steps
Usage control program
Experimentation
Considerations
Security of the system
Usage control of hardware resources
Conclusion
References

http://www.isoc.org/inet97/proceedings/A4/A4_3.HTM

7. Rights Management Through Enhanced Attribution
by John S. Erickson, 1996
http://www.isoc.org/inet96/proceedings/b3/b3_4.htm

8. Using the Internet to Reduce Software Piracy - on Anonymous Receipts, Anonymous ID Cards, and Anonymous Vouchers
by Ralf C. Hauser, 95/04/04
http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PAPER/059/html/paper.html

9. Copyrights and the Internet News
http://www.isoc.org/internet/issues/copyright/

10. Legislation (scroll down)
http://www.isoc.org/internet/law/legsubs.shtml#copyrt

(f) UNESCO

United Nations Education, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - All
7, Place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France
Phone: 33/ 1 45 68 23 00 Fax.: 33/ 1 45 68 56 15
Email: clearing-house@unesco.org
http://www.unesco.org/

INDEX
I - Copyright Index
II - UNESCO/WIPO Joint Consultations

III - UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society

1. Intellectual Property - National & International Positions (scroll down)
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/observatory/doc_cont_regulation/ipr.shtml

II - Copyright Index
http://www.unesco.org/culture/copyright/index.html

I - UNESCO/WIPO Joint Consultations

1. Regional Consultation on the Protection of Expressions of Folklore for Asia and the Pacific, 99/04/23
http://www.wipo.org/eng/meetings/1999/folklore/pdf/wuas_99_1.pdf
2. Regional Consultation on the Protection of Expressions of Folklore for Latin America and the Caribbean, 99/06/16
http://www.wipo.org/eng/meetings/1999/folklore/pdf/wula_99_1.pdf
3. Regional Consultation on the Protection of Expressions of Folklore for Countries of Arab Countries, 99/06/10
http://www.wipo.org/eng/meetings/1999/folklore/pdf/wuab_99_1.pdf
4. African Regional Consultation on the Protection of Expressions of Folklore, 99/03/25
http://www.wipo.org/eng/meetings/1999/folklore/pdf/wuaf_99_1.pdf

(g) WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
34, chemin des Colombettes, Geneva
PO Box 18, CH-1211 Geneva 20
Phone: +41-22 338 9111 Fax: +41-22 733 54 28
Email: COPYRIGHT.mail@wipo.int
http://www.wipo.org/eng/index.htm

INDEX
I - WIPO Global Intellectual Property Issues Division
II - WIPO/UNESCO Joint Consultations
III - WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
IV - WIPO Advisory Committee on Management of Copyright and Related Rights in Global Information Networks
V - WIPO Permanent Committee on Cooperation for Development related to Intellectual Property
VI - WIPO Workshops & Roundtables
VII - Berne Union

I - WIPO Global Intellectual Property Issues Division

1. Interim Mission Report of the WIPO Fact-finding mission on traditional knowledge, innovations and culture: Central America, 99/01/29
http://www.wipo.org/eng/meetings/1999/folklore/pdf/imr_c_am.pdf
2. Interim Mission Report of the WIPO Fact-finding mission on traditional knowledge, innovations and culture: West Africa, 99/01/29
http://www.wipo.org/eng/meetings/1999/folklore/pdf/imr_w_afr.pdf
3. Interim Mission Report of the WIPO Fact-finding mission on traditional knowledge, innovations and culture: Arab Countries, 99/02/27
http://www.wipo.org/eng/meetings/1999/folklore/pdf/imr_arab.pdf

II - WIPO/UNESCO Joint Consultations

III - WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights

1. First Session, Geneva, Report 99/01/19
http://www.wipo.org/eng/meetings/1998/sccr_98/1_9toc.htm
2. Second Session, Geneva, 99/05/04-11
http://www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/1999/sccr_99/index.htm
3. Third Session, Geneva, Report 99/12/01
http://www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/1999/sccr_99/index_3.htm

IV - WIPO Advisory Committee on Management of Copyright and Related Rights
in Global Information Networks

1. First Session, Geneva, Report 99/02/25
http://www.wipo.org/eng/meetings/1998/acmc/index.htm
2. Electronic Commerce & Copyright, Geneva, 99/12/08-09
http://www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/1999/acmc/index.htm

V - WIPO Permanent Committee on Cooperation for Development
related to Intellectual Property

1. First Session, Geneva, 99/05-06/31-04

(a) WIPO'S Legal and Technical Assistance to Developing Countries for the Implementation of the TRIPS Agreement from January 1, 1996, to March 31, 1999
http://www.wipo.int/eng/document/pcipd/doc/1_3.doc
(b) Promotion and Development of Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights
http://www.wipo.int/eng/document/pcipd/doc/1_7.doc
(c) WIPO Regional Consultations on the Protection of Databases and on the Protection of the Rights of Broadcasting Organizations: Progress Report
http://www.wipo.int/eng/document/pcipd/doc/1_18.do
(d) WIPO Fact-Finding Missions on Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices of Indigenous and Local Communities: Progress Report
http://www.wipo.int/eng/document/pcipd/doc/1_10.doc

VI - WIPO Workshops & Roundtables

1. Workshop on Service Provider Liability, Geneva, 99/12/09-10
http://www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/1999/osp/index.htm
2, Workshop on Implementation Issues of the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT), Geneva, 99/12/06-07
http://www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/1999/wct_wppt/index.htm
3. Roundtable on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge, Geneva, 99/11/01-02
http://www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/1999/folklore/index_rt.htm

VII - Berne Union

1. International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Twenty-Fifth (14th Ordinary) Session, Geneva, 99/09/20-29
http://www.wipo.int/eng/document/govbody/wo_gb_b/index_25.htm

(h) WTO

World Trade Organization - All
Centre William Rappard, Rue de Lausanne 154, CH-1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland.
Phone: (41-22) 739 51 11
Email: enquiries@wto.org
http://www.wto.org/wto/

1. Overview of State of Play of WTO Disputes 99/02/17 (scroll down)

7. Pending Consultations (most recent listed first)

(61) United States -
     Section 110(5) of the US Copyright Act
(33)(a) European Communities -
     Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Motion Pictures and Television Programs
(15)(a) Ireland -
     Measures Affecting the Grant of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
15)(b) European Communities -
     Measures Affecting the Grant of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights

8. Completed Cases (most recent listed first)

B. Settled or Inactive Cases
(15)(a) Japan -
Measures Concerning Sound Recordings
(15)(b) Japan -
Measures Concerning Sound Recordings

http://www.wto.org/wto/legal/bulletin.htm

2. Overview of State of Play of WTO Disputes 00/03/00
http://www.wto.org/wto/dispute/bulletin.htm

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