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Copyright, Related Rights and the Public Domain

Submitted by Bernardo Parrella on Tue, 15/06/2010 - 01:49.

A scoping study by COMMUNIA member Prof. Severine Dusollier. [14jun10]

Within the activities of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Thematic Project on Intellectual Property and the Public Domain has just released a “Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain” by COMMUNIA member Prof. Severine Dusollier (University of Namur, Belgium). The English version is now available as a PDF file.

The final recommendations, in particular, are focused on fostering a "positive protection of that could preserve Public Domain against privatisation", stressing the need to reinforce the existing protection of public domain works and to finalise key objectives for a robust public domain across the world.

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