[drn-discuss] [Fwd: [A2k] Preliminary Agenda for A2k London]

Wed Apr 27 09:48:02 PDT 2005

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Subject: [A2k] Preliminary Agenda for A2k London
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:03:33 -0400
From: Manon Ress <manon.ress at cptech.org>
To: ip at tacd.org, a2k discuss list <a2k at lists.essential.org>

Proposed agenda for May 12-13 a2k meeting in London

The following is a proposed agenda for the May 12-13, 2005, TACD
workshop in London which will discuss a possible Treaty on Access to
Knowledge.  The purpose of the meeting is to review specific proposals
for text in a treaty.  The format of the meeting is fairly simple. In
between an introduction to the topic and a final wrap up, there will be
a discussion of proposals for treaty text.  For each topic, text will be
presented, and then discussed.  Comments on the proposed agenda are welcome.

Manon

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May 12 -  Day 1 -   9:30AM to 5PM

MORNING SESSION
  Introduction
  background, approaches, participants...
  1)  Preamble, Objectives and Purposes (a few place holders)
     a. Promotion of a knowledge commons
     b. Relationship between a2k & human rights
     c.  Promotion of creativity activity & the transfer of technology
  2)  Placeholder for reference to Florence agreement regarding tariffs
on importation of educational, scientific and cultural materials
  3)  Education
     a. Limitations and Exceptions
  4)  Distance Education
     a. Limitations and Exceptions
  5)  Disabled and Visually Impaired Persons
     a. Limitations and Exceptions
  6)  Libraries
     a. Limitations and Exceptions

  LUNCH 1-2pm

  AFTERNOON SESSION
  7)  Internet
     a. Limitations and Exceptions to protect key Internet technologies
        i. Linking
        ii. Search Engines
        iii. ISP liability
  8)  Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Technological Protection
Measures (TPM)
  9)  Works in the Public Domain
     a. Limitations on the term of copyright protection
     b. Access to works by governments
  10)  Scientific and Scholarly Research
     a. Free Movement of Researchers
     b. Limitations and exceptions relating to research on/with patented
inventions
     c. Open access to scientific and scholarly research
     d. Reciprocal commitments to ensure that the benefits of publicly
funded research are made available to all and not just to nationals
     e. Limits on patentability of data from certain open public databases

  May 13, 2005  - Day 2 -  9:30AM -5PM

  MORNING SESSION
  Presentation of proposals for new provisions?
  11)  Collection Societies
      a. Transparency
      b. Ability to limit national treatment for disbursements in low
income countries
  12)  Standards and Knowledge Goods
      a. Disclosure obligations and patents relating to standards
development organizations (SDOs).
         i. Protocol for Development of Open Standards (PDOS)
      b. Government Procurement and support for open interfaces for
certain computer hardware and software products
      c. Compulsory licensing for Essential Knowledge Good interfaces
  13)  Obligation to finance free and open knowledge goods
      a. Amount of obligation to vary by GDP and level of development
      b. Tradable Credits for priority projects
  14) Compulsory licensing of copyrighted works in developing countries
      a.  Update of Berne Appendix (Placeholder?)

  Lunch 1-2pm

  AFTERNOON SESSION
  15)  Control of Anticompetitive Practices
      a. Proposals for provisions on issues related to the control of
anticompetitive practices in contractual licenses
      b. Relationship between intellectual property rights and
competition laws
      c. Control of Anticompetitive Practices Advisory Committee
      d. Excessive pricing of essential knowledge goods
  16)  Transfer and Dissemination of Technology to developing countries
  17)  Enforcement of rights and obligations
  18)  Next Step

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Manon Anne Ress
manon.ress at cptech.org,
www.cptech.org

Consumer Project on Technology in Washington, DC PO Box 19367,
Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel.:  +1.202.387.8030, fax: +1.202.234.5176

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